Actress Tabu will once again make a global appearance in the Dune spin-off series. She recently featured in the trailer of Dune: Prophecy alongside Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Mark Strong, and others. Recently, Tabu’s co-star Emily Watson heaped praise on her at a recent panel discussion.
While interacting with fans and media at NYCC (New York Comic Con), Emily Watson spoke about her working experience with Tabu. Watson said, “Tabu is the most astonishingly beautiful actress. She is the Julia Roberts of India.”
Fans have praised Tabu’s appearance in the Dune: Prophecy trailer despite limited screen time. The promo gives a glimpse of her character in a story set in the backdrop of the time period prior to the events depicted in Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two.
Dune: Prophecy goes 10,000 years before the rise of Paul Atreides, showcasing the origins of the mysterious Bene Gesserit sisterhood in the aftermath of the Butlerian Jihad. The Dune franchise is based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Frank Herbert.
Back in 2016, Legendary Entertainment acquired the rights to the Dune book series. By 2017, they began developing a two-part film adaptation, with Denis Villeneuve as the director. In 2019, Legendary Television commissioned a spin-off series based on Villeneuve’s films. Various creative talents joined the project that same year and, after several creative revisions, Schapker became the showrunner while Anna Foerster was appointed as director for multiple episodes by June 2023.
The upcoming six-episodic HBO Original series also stars Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Josh Heuston, Chloe Lea, Jade Anouka, Faoileann Cunningham, Edward Davis, Aoife Hinds, Chris Mason, and Shalom Brune-Franklin in pivotal characters.
Dune: Prophecy will premiere on 18 November at 6:30 AM, with new episodes dropping every Monday. The show will be available for streaming on JioCinema Premium in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, and Marathi.
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