Emily Watson, Olivia Williams and Mark Strong star in a visually grand six-part series, which takes place before the events of Denis Villeneuve’s blockbusters and focuses on a scheming drama surrounding the Bene Gesserit.

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

Prophecy' is officially a Bene Gesserit origin story, but it often feels like Frank Herbert mapped onto George R.R. Martin. [REVIEW]