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DUNE: PROPHECY season 2 now in production
Season 2 of DUNE: PROPHECY, inspired by Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, is now in production. HBO has announced new cast members Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Obi-Wan Kenobi), Tom Hollander (Pirates of the Caribbean, White Lotus), and Ashley Walters (Top Boy). The season is now filming in Hungary, Jordan, and Spain, and will be eight episodes (instead of six, as in Season 1).
For a teaser video and more information, see this article from Nerdist https://nerdist.com/article/dune-prophecy-season-2-reveals-new-cast-start-of-production-video/
DUNE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL Volume 3 Deluxe Edition
Abrams Books has just released the beautiful new deluxe edition of volume 3, The Prophet, of Dune: The Graphic Novel, scripted by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, with beautiful art by Raúl Allen and Patricia Martín, and a cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. This new edition is oversized and in a fine slipcase.
The three-volume graphic novel adaptation is a faithful scene-by-scene retelling of Frank Herbert’s classic novel, named by BookAuthority as one of the top 100 graphic novels of all time. Deluxe editions of all three volumes are available for $60 each wherever you buy your books or comics. Order from WordFire Shop https://www.wordfireshop.com/product/dune-the-graphic-novel-vol-3-deluxe-slipcased-edition/ and also receive an exclusive bookplate autographed by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
Dune: Awakening - Official Release Date Reveal Trailer
Watch the Release Date Reveal Trailer for Dune: Awakening, an open-world survival MMO developed by Funcom. Players will do any and all things Dune-related from taming a Sandworm, building a fortress, and mastering the power that lies within the planet of Arrakis for the taking. Conquer the sands alone or with hundreds of other players in this shared world based on the Dune novel. Dune: Awakening is launching on May 20 for PC with a release on PlayStation 5 (PS5) and Xbox Series X|S at a later date.
Dune: House Corrino Volume 2 Cover Reveal
The second volume of collected issues of the Dune: House Corrino comic adaptation will be released in May in hardcover from BOOM! Scripts by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, art by Simone Ragazzoni and Andrea Scalmazzi, cover by Raymond Swanland.
The third and final volume will be out in November.
Bulgarian House Atreides wins Comic Book of the Year
Last year, Kevin was the author guest at the Bulgaria Comic Con in Sofia, where he signed copies of the just-released Bulgarian translation of Dune: House Atreides comic adaptation (originally published by BOOM! in the U.S.).
We’ve just received notice that the translation has won Comic Book of the Year from Ozone.bg (a Bulgarian distributor similar to Amazon).
More Dune Series Translations Coming
Worldwide interest in the entire Dune series continues to grow, with new foreign editions forthcoming. New deals have recently been made for Frank Herbert’s original series in Italian, Estonian, Indonesian, Portuguese, Finnish, Danish, Korean, Belarusian, Latvian, Georgian, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian.
Translation deals for Brian and Kevin’s Dune-series novels have recently been made for Italian, Bulgarian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Romania, German, and Slovak.
Dune: Edge of a Crysknife Coming from BOOM!
Brian and Kevin’s story “Edge of a Crysknife,” the tale of Shadout Mapes in her early years as a Fremen rebel (from Sands of Dune), will become a two-issue comic miniseries from BOOM! Brian and Kevin have already written and delivered the two scripts. Artwork will be by Simone Ragazzoni and colors by Dan Jackson. The first issue, “Hiding Among Harkonnens,” is due out July 2025.
Here is a special cover reveal, new painting by Raymond Swanland.
