"For us, it's impossible to approach it like that," Chris Mason tells Inverse. His sword-swinging character is Keiran Atreides, a distant ancestor of Leto and Paul. "They become part of that Dune canon, which has been really exciting. But, for us it's new and it's something we are very much in the present with our characters." This comment is an interesting microcosm of the tension within the new series. The series, which follows sisters Valya (Emily Watson) and Tula Harkonnen (Olivia Williams) as they seek to expand the power of the Sisterhood (soon to be Bene Gesserit) in order to control the throne, packs each episode with massive twists - twists that will shape the distant future of the classic Dune narrative. But how does it all work? And what exactly is the "Prophecy" in Dune: Prophecy? Inverse caught up with the cast, showrunner, and producer to sift through the sands for the answers.
Dune: Prophecy takes place 10,148 years before the birth of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) from the first Dune movie. Stylistically, fans will notice right away that this show is clearly intended to be in the same universe as the new films.
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