HBO Max’sDune: The SisterhoodSeries Has Lost Its Showrunner

HBO Max is stillmonths awayfrom its launch day of the month , but one of the streaming overhaul ’s pavilion shows — Dune : The Sisterhood , a female person - focussed spin - off ofthe 2020 Dune feature film photographic film — is already experiencing a trill - up behind the scenes .

Dune ’s conduct hand , Denis Villeneuve , is still involved and is still set up to direct the pilot for Dune : The Sisterhood . The departing individual is showrunner Jon Spaihts , who co - wrote the Dune feature film with Villeneuve and is still heavily involved with the franchise . In fact , that seems to be the understanding why he ’s leaving his showrunner position .

allot to the Hollywood Reporter , which broke the story , “ Spaihts turned in one draft of a hand and a revise lineation for the female - focused take on Frank Herbert ’s beloved novel . Sources say Legendary TV was not felicitous with the early work Spaihts turned in and choose to remove him as showrunner on the production so he can instead focus on the yet - to - be formally announced film sequel to the forthcoming Dune characteristic . ”

Dune (1984)

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Spaihts is still one of Dune : The Sisterhood ’s producers , along with Villeneuve and multiple representatives of the Frank Herbert estate . THR take down that the HBO Max series is currently searching for a new showrunner — just cast off this out there , but seeing as how the serial publication is set to focalise on the mystical , all - distaff Bene Gesserit , maybe the web should consider a woman for a gig ?

So far , there ’s no Logos on any casting for the series . One thing is sure , however : the virtuoso - stuffedDune is due out almost exactly one year from now — November 20 , 2020 .

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