Johan Renck, the director of HBO’s acclaimed “Chernobyl” limited series along with shows like “Breaking Bad” and “Halt and Catch Fire,” has come onboard to direct the first two episodes of the “Dune” prequel series at HBO Max.
Renck will also serve as an executive producer on the show, currently titled “Dune: The Sisterhood”. He replaces filmmaker Denis Villeneuve whose work commitments to the second film will prevent him from working on the series.
The show is set 10,000 years prior to the events of “Dune” and follows the Harkonnen Sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and establish the fabled sect known as the Bene Gesserit.
Diane Ademu-John will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer of the series which Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, Scott Z. Burns, Mark Friedman, Matthew King, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, and Kim Herbert also executive produce
Source: Variety
