BUDAPEST, Hungary — The philosophical question at the center of the upcoming prequel series to the critically-acclaimed “Dune” films will reportedly be “What if general audiences understood even less about this franchise?” according to sources familiar with the matter.
“I’ve always loved Dune, and I’m a big believer in the ‘show, don’t tell’ principle when it comes to storytelling,” showrunner Alison Schapker said in a statement. “To that end, we endeavored to really confuse audiences as much as possible with this one by showing a ton of bizarre stuff and telling them absolutely nothing. Just have the Bene Gesserit cryptically scheme and use the Voice and do a bunch of witchy shit, to the point where the audience is like, ‘I’m not even sure what’s happening here,’ y’know?”
The director of “Dune” and “Dune: Part 2”, Denis Villeneuve, expressed his enthusiasm for the project.
“It is so rewarding for me to see people reacting positively to this world we’ve created,” said Villeneuve. “And as a director, I am confident that the cast and crew of this has gotten to the essence of what I am trying to do with my films: have people all over the world saying ‘wait, what?’ After two entries in the main ‘Dune’ film series, it’s important to create as many spinoffs in as many different in-universe time periods as possible, just to make sure audiences are kept on their toes and have to keep pausing to ask their family members, ‘What the fuck was that all about?’”
Brian Herbert, son of Dune author Frank Herbert, executive producer on the series and noted hack, is also excited for the series’ premiere.
“Am I worried people won’t understand it? Shit, I don’t care. I’m gonna make hand over fist on this. Way more than I ever did for those books, anyway,” said Herbert. “As long as they don’t answer any of the burning questions from the movies, like ‘How could they possibly influence generations of reproduction between the powerful Houses of the universe?’ and raise even more questions, like, ‘What the hell is Mark Strong doing here?’ then I think fans of my work will get exactly what they’re looking for.”
At press time, the writers’ room was observed hurriedly adding ten more references to the gom jabbar, the Golden Path, and the Kwisatz Haderach per episode.
