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Children Of Dune

2003, Movie, NR, 226 mins

Susan Sarandon: "It's Dynasty In Space!"

Yes, Sci Fi Channel is scrapping Farscape, but take heart, they've not lost interest in space operas. The Dune lovers have adapted the second and third novels in Frank Herbert's saga for Children of Dune, a soapy six-hour miniseries debuting March 16. And look out! Susan Sarandon heads up the cast as Princess Wensicia, whose big hairdo and bitchy power-mongering remind us of Joan Collins in her '80s heyday as Alexis Carrington. "I must say," she tells TV Guide Online, "that [our] wardrobes and hats and things are a little OTT — Over The Top!" Sarandon playfully dubs this drama Dynasty in Space. "I'm not in the habit of watching TV, and I never have," the 57-year-old Oscar winne read more

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