Dune: Prophecy is an unprecedented development for the Dune franchise. Filmmakers and showrunners have taken multiple cracks at Frank Herbert's classic 1965 novel before Denis Villeneuve's excellent recent adaptation. Finally, after nailing down a near-perfect take on the material, newcomers can finally start working on the prequels and expanded material. Dune provides a very narrow look at an impossibly vast universe, but as Dune: Prophecy opens the door, book-unfriendly fans may finally be able to see the galaxy beyond the deserts of Arrakis.