The initial reviews and the Rotten Tomatoes score for HBO’s upcoming series Dune: Prophecy are considerably subdued, compared to the Dune movies. The show, taking place 10,000 years before the events of Dune (2021),

Dune: Prophecy has a debut Rotten Tomatoes score that underwhelms in comparison to Denis Villeneuve's movies, but still maintains a fresh score.

Prophecy and while critics are mostly impressed with the HBO series, it sounds like the first four episodes struggle to live up to Denis Villeneuve's

A long-gestating prequel, about the women who seek to guide a galaxy, is splashy, somber and insufficiently spicy.