Tabu has been cast in a recurring role in the Max streaming series Dune: Prophecy, a prequel/spin-off to director Denis Villeneuve’s billion-dollar-grossing Dune film series.
The show has been in development since before the pandemic, and was earlier titled Dune: The Sisterhood.
According to a Variety report, Tabu will play a character named Sister Francesca in the show, based on the novel Sisterhood of Dune, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson.
Sister Francesca has been described as “Strong, intelligent, and alluring, (she) leaves a lasting impression in her wake.
Once a great love of the Emperor, her return to the palace strains the balance of power in the capital.”
Tabu has been cast in a recurring role in the Max streaming series Dune: Prophecy, a prequel/spin-off to director Denis Villeneuve’s billion-dollar-grossing Dune film series. The show has been in development since before the pandemic, and was earlier titled Dune: The Sisterhood. According to a Variety report, Tabu will play a character named Sister Francesca in the show, based on the novel Sisterhood of Dune, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson.
The show is a prequel, set thousands of years before the events shown in Villeneuve’s films, which follow the rise of Paul Atreides from a wronged aristocrat to a vengeful messianic figure. Dune: Prophecy tells the origin story of the Bene Gesserit clan, a group of women who undergo years of mental and physical conditioning to develop superhuman abilities that make them objects of suspicion and mistrust to outsiders. But quietly, the influence politics and society. Sister Francesca has been described as “Strong, intelligent, and alluring, (she) leaves a lasting impression in her wake. Once a great love of the Emperor, her return to the palace strains the balance of power in the capital.”
