Josh Brolin says he’ll "quit acting" if "master filmmaker" Denis Villeneuve doesn’t receive an Oscar nomination for Dune 2

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Dune earned 10 Oscar noms, but Best Director was not one of them

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Josh Brolin says he'll retire if Denis Villeneuve doesn't get a Best Director nomination at the Oscars.

“If he doesn’t get nominated this year, I’ll quit acting," Brolin told Variety. "It was a better movie than the first one. When I watched it, it felt like my brain was broken open. It’s masterful, and Denis is one of our master filmmakers. If the Academy Awards have any meaning whatsoever, they’ll recognize him."

It's likely that Dune 2 will be up for several Oscars again, but whether Villeneuve is nominated remains to be seen. The filmmaker is hard at work on the third Dune installment, which he says will be "something completely different. "The story takes place like 12 years after where we left the characters at the end of Part Two," he told Deadline. "Their journey, their story is different this time, and that’s why I always say that while it’s the same world it’s a new film with new circumstances."

Lauren Milici
Lauren Milici
Senior Entertainment Writer

Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ based in New York City. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.