Warner Bros. Discovery is certainly following through this year on its stated commitment to focusing more on its established franchises and prized pieces of IP. The applause for the studio’s first Batman spinoff TV series, The Penguin, hasn’t even fully died down yet, and already Warner Bros. is on the verge of launching another high-profile piece of franchise storytelling. Its latest HBO original, Dune: Prophecy, hopes to build on the expectation-defying success of director Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune films by further immersing viewers in the psychedelic powers, history, and politics of…
