Dune: The Sisterhood is an upcoming science fiction streaming television series set in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert, for HBO Max. Taking place approximately 10,000 years before the event's of Herbert's 1965 novel Dune, it will focus on the origins of the Bene Gesserit, an exclusive sisterhood and political force whose members undergo physical training and mental conditioning to obtain superhuman powers and abilities. The series is positioned as a prequel to the 2021 Denis Villeneuve film Dune, and Alison Schapker serves as showrunner, writer, and executive producer.