It seems everyone in Hollywood is backing Denis Villeneuve after his Oscars snub, including Spider-Verse's Chris Miller: "There were many films that had great directing this year but what Denis did was masterful"

Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in one of the best sci-fi movies of all time, Dune Part 2. — (Image credit: Warner Bros)

The fallout from the 2025 Oscars nominations continues, as Spider-Verse producer Chris Miller reveals his displeasure with Dune 2 director Denis Villeneuve being snubbed from the Best Director picks yet again.

"There were many films that had great directing this year but what Denis did — in all aspects of the craft — was masterful," Miller wrote on Twitter.

Villeneuve has previously been nominated for helming Arrival back in 2017 but, since then, the pair of Dune films – blockbusters which launched to the rare combination of critical and commercial acclaim, with a towering box office to match – have garnered only a pair of Best Picture nominations, and a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for the first Dune (where it lost out to Coda).

"Apparently, I am going to quit acting because Denis Villeneuve didn’t get nominated. This is just how this thing works. It makes no sense to me," Brolin said on Instagram "That’s okay. [Editor] Joe Walker and Denis, you deserve it. It’s an amazing film. It was even better than the first one. The people who have gotten accolades surely deserve it. Happy to be a part of it. Congrats everyone."

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