Now, Dune: Prophecy is here to close us out with a look at some of science fiction's greatest witchy figures: the Bene Gesserit from Frank Herbert's Dune. With their near-supernatural control over ...

Among them are the Bene Gesserit — known for now simply as "the Sisterhood" — who have yet to grow into the force they are in Dune. These Sisters still wield great influence, serving the Great ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Emily Watson and Olivia Williams, who play the leads in the HBO prequel series "Dune: ...

But thousands of years before Paul Atreides becomes the messiah – the Lisan al Gaib – to the planet's native Fremen on his rise to claim the throne, the fabled Bene Gesserit were simply an ...

According to an episode description, the series premiere will chronicle the beginnings of a scheme hatched by a mysterious sisterhood that one day becomes the Bene Gesserit to put one of their own ...

which can’t entirely escape the shadow of Denis Villeneuve. But patience may be rewarded; the Bene Gesserit’s plans are measured in centuries, after all.

The 10 women were dressed as Truthsayers, characters we meet in the series whose name comes from their ability to detect when truth is being told, predecessors of the Bene Gesserit - a powerful ...

The fledgeling Bene Gesserit must band together to survive a deadly reckoning and political turmoil in the newest "Dune" installment, set 10,000 years before the rise of Paul Atreides.

and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. Dune: Prophecy is inspired by the novel Sisterhood of Dune, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.