Production on Max’s prequel series will pick back up ‘any day now’.
The show, titled Dune: The Sisterhood, will resume production in Budapest and continue .
Set in Frank Herbert’s Dune world, the show draws on Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s novel Dune: The Sisterhood and is set 10,000 years before the events of the film recently adapted by director Denis Villeneuve.
The series will follow the Harkonnen Sisters as they strive to save humankind.
Sources that production will resume imminently.
The outlet notes that The Sisterhood, which stars Olivia Williams and Jodhi May, is under contract with British Equity but that there are some from SAG-AFTRA ‘also in the mix’.
While SAG members working on Equity productions can choose to strike, the UK’s anti-strike laws mean studios could sue.
Earlier this week, the which represents 160,000 television and movie actors, announced strike action after major studios failed to offer an adequate pay deal.
They joined screenwriters who have been .
The aim of the discussions was to seek out a fairer split of streaming profits and a guarantee that artificial intelligence (AI) will not be used to replace duties performed by actors.
However, following 12 days of turbulent negotiations, an agreement on a new contract was not reached, triggering a strike vote by the Sag-Aftra National Board on Thursday morning (July 13).
Following a vote leading to strike action, the union has directed all its members to immediately stop working on all scripted film and TV around the world.
This means the entertainment industry is completely up in the air and actors could be prevented from promoting or even .
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Max for comment.
