'DUNE: THE SISTERHOOD' SERIES
THE BENE GESSERIT TV SAGA
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| Bene Gesserit will be the stars of the series |
Two book adaptations for you today! While we've lost all interest in the new
DUNE movie adaptation due to the rather uninspired casting, the good news is that
Warner Media's new streaming service will make TV series out of
Frank Herbert's famous sf saga!
Denis Villeneuve (who is also helming the above mentioned movie) is
set to direct DUNE: THE SISTERHOOD, which will be set in the same
universe, but will be told through the eyes of a mysterious order of
women known as the Bene Gesserit. Given extraordinary abilities by their
mastery of the body and the mind, the Bene Gesserit expertly weave
through the feudal politics and intrigue of The Imperium, pursuing plans
of their own that will ultimately lead them to the enigmatic planet
Arrakis, known to its inhabitants as Dune. Herbert wrote six novels
about the intergalactic Imperium ruled by Padishah Emperor.
'THE PALE HORSE' SET AS
BBC'S NEW AGATHA CHRISTIE MINI
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| The Pale Horse is one of Christie's strangest stories |
Across the pond,
BBC has announced their latest
Agatha Christie adaptation: her
THE PALE HORSE will be turned into a two part series by
BBC and
Mammoth Screen. The foreboding novel was written in 1961. When a mysterious list of names is found in the shoe of a dead woman, one of those named, Mark Easterbrook, begins an investigation into how and why his name came to be there. He is drawn to
THE PALE HORSE, the home of a trio of rumoured witches in the tiny village of Much Deeping. Word has it that the witches can do away with wealthy relatives using the dark arts alone, but as the bodies mount up Mark is certain there has to be a rational explanation. And who could possibly want him dead?
Amazon Prime will have worldwide rights.
'OBLIVION SONG' GETS
BIG SCREEN SF ADAPTATION
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| Oblivion Song will be turned into a movie |
Universal Pictures will, meanwhile, turn
Robert Kirkman's comic book
OBLIVION SONG into a science fiction movie. Written by The Walking Dead writer and illustrated by
Lorenzo De Felici, it takes place one decade after 300,000 residents of Philadelphia suddenly were trapped in Oblivion. Frantic recovery efforts were launched by the government, but, after a few futile years, they were abandoned. Nathan Cole, however, hasn’t given up. He risks his life again and again trying to save those lost souls in Oblivion’s apocalyptic hellscape – but is that the real reason he can’t resist the siren call of the Oblivion Song?
