Interview With "Dune: Prophecy" Showrunner Alison Schapker

The Next Best Picture Podcast

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4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

"Dune: Prophecy" focuses on the early beginnings of the Bene Gesserit — a formidable order wielding immense social, religious, and political influence over Frank Herbert's "Dune" universe. The sci-fi series serves as a prequel to Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" and "Dune: Part Two," set roughly 10,000 years before the events of those films. Showrunner, writer, and executive producer, Alison Schapker, was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about her work on the first season, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the series, which is now available to stream on HBO Max. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Giovanni Lago's interview with the
0:05.5	showrunner, writer, and executive producer of the show, Dune Prophecy, Alison Shapker.
0:10.6	The sisterhood draws women from many worlds to advance our species and govern the future.
0:21.6	The Imperium is fragile.
0:25.6	The great houses fight of control.
0:28.6	Now is the time to secure the throne and protect the Imperium.
0:35.6	This endangers everything. There is secret. Cures us from and protect the Imperium.
0:40.3	This endangers everything. There are secrets we have gone to great lengths to keep.
0:47.3	The Imperium is a circus of fear and rumor.
0:51.3	I'm surrounded by vipers.
0:55.5	If I lose control of Aracus, the great houses would feed me to the worm.
1:05.7	Your majesty.
1:07.3	The troubles are far greater than just Arachus.
1:10.1	Today, I am joined by the showrunner, executive producer of Do Prophecy, Allison Shapker.
1:14.7	Allison, thank you so much for joining today.
1:17.0	Oh, my pleasure.
1:18.5	If anyone just took the time to go through your amazing credits of what you've done so far, you know, you've worked on such popular and acclaimed series like Lost and Fringe and Westworld, which
1:29.4	is something very dear to me.
1:32.0	And now you are show running what is very much considered, you know, holy grounds of material
1:40.0	and science fiction literature for Dune, whether it is, you know, the main storyline what the
1:43.3	films are doing or just anything relating to dune is treated with such caution and care because of how many people
1:50.0	you know adore it and i'm curious as for you do you find that you know stepping in as a showrunner did
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