Award-winning television director Johan Renck will helm two episodes of the HBO Max prequel series Dune: The Sisterhood. Renck is best known for his work on HBO's critically acclaimed miniseries Chernobyl, which earned Renck an Emmy for Outstanding Director For A Limited Series.
Written and created by Craig Mazin, Chernobyl was nominated for nineteen Emmy Awards and won for Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Directing, and Outstanding Writing. Renck is also known for directing the pilot episodes of Vikings and Bloodline, and he has also directed episodes of Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. He is also credited with directing David Bowie's final two music videos. Renck is currently wrapping production on the sci-fi feature film Spaceman, which stars Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, and The Batman actor Paul Dano.
Based on Frank Herbert's classic novel, Dune: The Sisterhood is set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides. The story follows the Harkonnen Sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and establish the fabled sect known as the Bene Gesserit. The series will premiere on HBO Max and serve as a prequel to director Denis Villeneuve's 2021 film Dune and the upcoming sequel Dune: Part Two. Villeneuve was originally set to direct the pilot, which will now be helmed by Renck, along with the second episode of the series.
Dune: The Sisterhood will be written by Diane Ademu-John, who also serves as showrunner on the series. Ademu-John is known for her work on Netflix's series The Haunting Of Bly Manor and the hip-hop drama Empire. She will also serve as an executive producer alongside Renck, Villeneuve, and screenwriter Jon Spaihts, who co-wrote the script for Dune: Part One.
Spaihts, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on Dune, is also known for writing the scripts for Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange and the science fiction films Prometheus and Passengers. He was initially slated to write the prequel series but was replaced by Ademu-John last year. Spaihts is currently working on the script for Dune: Part Two, which is expected to be released on October 20, 2023.
Dune: The Sisterhood will premiere on HBO Max.
Source: Deadline