It feels bland and generic, and those are two things that no show set in the same strange sci-fi universe as Herbert’s Dune should be. Dune: Prophecy premieres Sunday, November 17 on HBO and Max.

Dune: Prophecy explores the origins of the Bene Gesserit in a high-concept sci-fi world. Travis Fimmel plays a mysterious soldier in Dune: Prophecy, embodying his enigmatic character type.

Riding on the back of the sandworm-sized success of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune (2021) comes this visually spectacular 6-part prequel series, set 10,000 years before the events of that film and ...