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"Dune: Part Two" remains one of the best blockbusters of the year, a brilliant piece of filmmaking about religion, revenge, and big worms. As good as the movie is, however, it leaves out a lot of the worldbuilding and context that makes the source material by Frank Herbert so special, such as the exact reason why the spice is so important to controlling the universe, how the Bene Gesserit gained so much power and influence, and what exactly mentats do.

That's where "Dune: Prophecy" comes in. Previously titled "Dune: The Sisterhood," the HBO prequel series is set 10,000 years before the events of Herbert's original novel, telling the story of how the Bene Gesserit order was created in the aftermath of the Butlerian Jihad (in which "thinking machines" were wiped out and banned). Given just how absurdly long the time gap between the series and the "Dune" movies is, there is...

Hey, "Dateline NBC" fans. Unfortunately we have some bad news for you guys. For some unknown reason, NBC has decided not to air a new episode of Dateline NBC tonight, May 17, 2024. Nope, instead, they're going to dish up a repeat episode. Some of you guys might not have seen this particular repeat episode during its first airing. So, we do have some preview intel for it. According to NBC's official press release, this repeat episode is the one titled, "The Sisterhood." It originally aired way, way back on September 30, 2022. In this repeat episode, the Dateline NBC team took a deep look at a story about a Denver woman named Stacy Feldman. She was found dead in her home, and her cause of death was eventually ruled undetermined. That caused her friends and family to team up and try to figure out what happened for themselves. This episode featured interviews with...

Get ready for an intense and gripping episode of “Dateline NBC” titled “The Sisterhood,” airing on May 17, 2024, at 9/8c on NBC. In this compelling installment, viewers will be taken on a journey into the mysterious death of Stacy Feldman, whose passing in her Denver home was ruled as undetermined.

Following the ruling, friends and family of Stacy Feldman come together to unravel the truth behind her tragic demise. Through interviews and investigative efforts, loved ones seek justice and closure, determined to uncover the circumstances surrounding Stacy’s untimely death.

Insiders close to the case provide valuable insights, shedding light on the seven-year battle for justice that ensued after Stacy’s passing. With exclusive access to key players and firsthand accounts, “Dateline NBC” delves deep into the complexities of the case, exploring the twists and turns that kept investigators and loved ones on edge.

Join acclaimed journalist Keith Morrison as he reports on “The Sisterhood,...

Five years after Max (then HBO Max) ordered a Dune prequel series, the streamer has shared a first-look teaser for the show, titled Dune: Prophecy. Slated for a fall premiere, the series’ first season consists of six episodes, which is on the low end for an original scripted series. Its teaser was unveiled during the Warner Bros. Discovery upfront presentation Wednesday by Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content.

From the expansive universe of Dune, created by author Frank Herbert, and set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, Dune: Prophecy (fka Dune: The Sisterhood) is inspired by the novel Sisterhood Of Dune, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. It follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.

“Sisterhood above all,” Emily Watson’s Valya Harkonnen says in the teaser.

Exclusive: Lionsgate Television has optioned Liza Mundy’s nonfiction book The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA to develop as a scripted series, with Tony winner Scott Delman attached to executive produce.

The series revolves around a newly trained female CIA officer who is sent on a counter-terrorism operation. She winds up enlisting the help of legendary female predecessors and learns about a “sisterhood” of unsung female spies who’ve spent decades safeguarding the free world by fighting communism, terrorism and the toxic culture of their own renowned spy agency.

Thirteen-time Tony Award winner Delman will executive produce the project. Delman served as executive producer on HBO Max’s Emmy-nominated post-apocalyptic limited series Station Eleven. He has also earned six Olivier Awards and served as a producer on several major Broadway hits, including The Book of Mormon, Death of a Salesman, All The Way, Raisin in the Sun,...

The “Barbie” Oscar campaign doesn’t need much of a boost at this point following nine Golden Globe nominations and a record-breaking 18 Critics Choice Award nominations, but it certainly got one when the cast of “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” reunited to support America Ferrara’s supporting role in the blockbuster comedy. Ferrara starred in the 2005 film and its 2008 sequel with Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel. The four women have remained close friends ever since and all showed up for a recent “Barbie” Q&a.

“The Sisterhood came through all in pink to celebrate my performance in ‘Barbie’ last night,” Ferrara wrote on Instagram. “I love these women with all my heart.”

Ferrara stars in “Barbie” as Gloria, a Mattel worker who befriends Margot Robbie’s doll and helps her restore Barbie Land back from Ken’s patriarchy. Ferrera has become an Oscar contender for best supporting...

A trip to a special screening of Barbie in New York City turned into a pretty in pink reunion of the cast from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Barbie co-star America Ferrera posed for pics with her fellow Sisterhood stars Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel at the screening. The quartet starred in the 2005 movie from Ken Kwapis about four best friends who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them despite their differing sizes.

“The Sisterhood came through all in pink to celebrate my performance in Barbie last night,” wrote Ferrera on her Ig account. “I love these women with all my heart.”

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In Barbie, Ferrera plays Gloria, a working mother of a 14-year-old daughter. The Greta Gerwig movie is now streaming on Max.

Following the movie’s success, there have been...

Exclusive: Filmmaking duo Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton, best known for their Oscar-winning short The Silent Child, have set a new slate of projects at their UK-based production company Slick Films.

The slate includes Isla Solidad, created by Omar Deneb Juárez and Camilo Gutiérrez Galván of Sauce Negro Films, Chris Overton’s In Too Deep, starring Shenton and Stephen Wight, and Gregg Chilingirian’s George. All three films will screen at Hollyshorts this August.

Isla Solidad is the tale of a single mother who loses the custody of her son and struggles to make amends for her past mistakes. She pleads for a chance to bring him back home. To do so, she must overcome her financial strains and the complicated care of her sick grandmother. In Too Deep tells the story of a grieving father who goes to extreme measures, using AI technology to relive their fondest memories. George...

Exclusive: Max’s Dune prequel series Dune: The Sisterhood is set to relaunch production in Budapest “any day now” and will continue throughout the course of the WGA and SAG strikes, a source close to the show tells Deadline.

The series thus takes the path of House of the Dragon and Industry, given that, like those HBO titles, which we reported on earlier in the day, The Sisterhood is an Equity contract production with some from SAG-AFTRA also in the mix. And per guidance from the actors guild stateside, members working under Equity contracts are to “continue to report.”

The Sisterhood resumes production following a November launch, leading into a hiatus that always was planned, our source tells us, to get around winter conditions in Hungary. The show also notably lost director Johan Renck, creator and pilot writer Diane Ademu-John (as co-showrunner) and stars Shirley Henderson and Indira Varma earlier this year,...

The 16th edition of Beldocs Intl. Documentary Film Festival has awarded its top prizes to “ThIIIrd,” from Lebanese helmer Karim Kassim, in the International Competition Program, and Tijana Petrović’s “A Field Guide to Coastal Fortifications” in the Serbian competition program.

“ThIIIrd” is set in an auto repair shop in Lebanon, which is a haven for people to express their growing despair amidst the economic collapse that surrounds them.

Fest was generally applauded for strong competition selections that, according to the event’s programmer Igor Stanojević, put a special focus on visually striking films and fresh expressions by new authors with around 100 films across 12 programs, including nine world premieres, and a notable presence of female directors.

In the Serbian Competition, Luka Papić and Srđa Vučo’s doc “Invoked” scooped the award for best editing while “Aurora’s Dream” from director Dragana Jovanović picked up the prize for best cinematography.

In the International Competition,...

HBO Max’s “Dune” prequel spinoff “The Sisterhood” is going through some changes. Both director Johan Renck and star Shirley Henderson have exited the HBO Max series, Variety has confirmed.

The news comes as the production takes a “pre-scheduled hiatus,” according to the streamer.

“There are some creative changes being made to the production in an effort to create the best series possible and stay true to the source material,” a HBO Max representative said in a statement. “Johan Renck has completed his work on the series and a new director will be brought on; through mutual agreement Johan is moving on to pursue other projects. Additionally, Shirley Henderson will be exiting the series and will no longer be playing Tula Harkonnen.”

These aren’t the first departures to hit the production. In November of last year, series creator Diane Ademu-John parted ways with “The Sisterhood” as co-showrunner. However, she...

HBO Max’s return to Arrakis is taking a bit of a setback. The “Dune” prequel series has lost both its director and one of its stars, IndieWire has confirmed. This news does not in any way affect the release of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” this fall.

Johan Renck, who was set to direct the first two episodes of the show, and Shirley Henderson, who was set to play one of the leads, have both exited the series following the beginning of production in November. Production on the series, currently under the working title “Dune: The Sisterhood,” has reportedly been put on hold until replacements for both are found. A statement from HBO Max attributed the change to an “effort to create the best series possible.”

“As ‘Dune: The Sisterhood’ has entered a pre-scheduled hiatus, there are some creative changes being made to the production in an effort...

HBO Max’s “Dune” prequel series, currently known as “Dune: The Sisterhood” is undergoing further “creative changes” as director Johan Renck and star Shirley Henderson have departed the project, TheWrap has learned. The overhaul comes months after creator Diane Ademu-John’s exit as co-showrunner last November.

“As ‘Dune: The Sisterhood (wt)’ has entered a pre-scheduled hiatus, there are some creative changes being made to the production in an effort to create the best series possible and stay true to the source material,” an HBO Max spokesperson told TheWrap. “Johan Renck has completed his work on the series and a new director will be brought on; through mutual agreement, Johan is moving on to pursue other projects. Additionally, Shirley Henderson will be exiting the series and will no longer be playing Tula Harkonnen.” The aforementioned hiatus had been pre-planned to avoid filming during the winter.

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Earlier this week, iconic music legend and humanitarian Steven Tyler celebrated his second annual Grammy Awards Viewing Party to benefit Janie's Fund with over 500 friends and supporters including Sharon Stone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Alice Cooper, and more at Raleigh Studios Hollywood.

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Hosted by Jane Lynch, the exclusive gala featured a live viewing of the 61st Annual Grammy Awards telecast, three-course dinner by Crumble Catering, and an epic night of music with America’s all-time top-selling rock ‘n’ roll band, Aerosmith.

The second annual event raised over $2.8 million dollars for Janie’s Fund, a philanthropic initiative created by Steven Tyler in partnership with Youth Villages, one of America’s leading nonprofits, to bring hope and healing to girls who have suffered the trauma of abuse and neglect. Tyler first gave voice to this cause with his hit “Janie’s Got a Gun,...

Axel delivers Kit's baby, but it's The Sisterhood's attack on Denver that causes the most chaos on Van Helsing.

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Van Helsing Season 3 Episode 9

“Love’s a beacon of light that guides us where we need to be.”

Okay, so Phil was only mostly dead, and even though we suspected his resurrection would occur sooner or later, it’s still nice to know he’ll get the chance to seek the forgiveness he desperately craves. That said, “Loud Love” takes the opportunity to send the story in another direction without losing sight of the big picture, Vanessa and Scarlett’s journey to halt the vampire apocalypse. And despite the ever present terror, danger, and loss experienced by the survivors, the power of love resurfaces after lying dormant for what seems like forever. Tonight, Van Helsing joins the love train and reminds us that...

Axel's group fights its way to Denver, and the Sisterhood increases its strength on a shocking episode of Van Helsing.

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Van Helsing Season 3 Episode 7

“Start fighting, assholes, or you’re all going to die.”

Lest we forget for a moment the brutality inherent in any apocalyptic event, writer/showrunner Neil Labute makes absolutely certain we remember the terrifying reality our heroes face on a daily basis. From the opening sequence at a gathering of the Sisterhood, “Hunted Down” takes violent behavior and gruesome imagery to levels Van Helsing has only hinted at previously, but it does so with a purpose. It’s easy to become complacent at the often surgical precision with which Vanessa and Scarlett dispense of the current crop of vampires, but tonight we’re reminded that vampire killing is an ugly business and not everyone faced with that prospect bears the Van Helsing name.

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It's NaNoWriMo season, and we're hoping to motivate current writers with these success stories!

November is upon us, which means one thing if you are a writer: National Novel Writing Month, also know as NaNoWriMo, the 30-day period in which writers collectively take it upon themselves to write 50,000 words of a novel.

Have you joined the Den of Geek Book Club? You should!

Many have tried, not all have succeeded, but a very lucky few have turned their NaNoWriMo projects into successful, published novels. As NaNoWriMo begins, we're taking the time to highlight its success stories in the hopes of motivating all of thos brave NaNoWriMo souls who are embarking on the perilous, exciting journey this year.

Here are seven books that began life as NaNoWriMo projects...

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Written over the span of three NaNoWriMo periods, The Night Circus is the story...