I drifted away from Dune after 5 or 6 books. I never thought about Earthers being in Dune, having seen movies and series that only cover the traditional Dune, or what I thought was the traditional Dune. "I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here," err, I mean that 23 Dune books have been published. I had a vague idea there were a few more Dune like stories published.
Legendary Entertainment bought the Dune rights and started the movie and the tv series basically at the same time. Two different mediums, two different time periods. This gives them 10,000 years to play with, to find what interests audiences the most. Perhaps an attempt to eclipse the Marvel World.
Tom Hanks, who never had a Marvel roll, recently said it might be time for stories to become part of movies again. Maybe they are so far apart that if the tv series bombs out no one will connect the two.
I published two books, one near future, the other 200 years back, thinking 200 years would give me plenty of time to add additional stories. I've had plenty of time but nothing has come of it. 10,000 years is an entirely different concept. Its an encyclopedia of time not a series.
For what I would call traditional Dune, there is no Earth in it, its a park parked somewhere out in the middle of nowhere. Now we have Earth, back to being the center of the universe. Two women with super powers fighting evil. I guess there will be People against machines. Not clear on that timeline, yet. Maybe its an attempt to rebrand super human heroes.
Legendary has an interesting track record. They gave us Expanse, set in very familiar territory, which zeroed in on single characters then pulled back again to feature the really big picture. Then we have Carnival Row. Seems like it first premiered 10 years ago but it was only 5 years ago. That was a good one that went up in smoke, apparently never to be heard from again. But I see
Legendary recently created a second series, its billed as the final series, which is only season 2. I might have to check that out or maybe leave it as the reviews aren't encouraging, it might just be an attempt close out the books and forget it ever happened.