Superhero flicks are all the rage right now at the box office. And director Denis Villeneuve is one of Hollywood's hottest directors. Naturally, the two would seem like a match made in heaven. Unfortunately, the
Blade Runner 2049 has absolutely no interest in ever working on a superhero film.
In the same interview with the
Happy Sad Confused podcast in which the director revealed he'd be
interested in working on a Star Wars film not part of the main saga, Villeneuve was also asked about the prospects of working on a superhero film and if he's ever connected with one.
"No, because I'm not from that culture," Villeneuve said, explaining,
"I'm French-Canadian which means that my culture is European. I was influenced by authors from France and Belgium, and Europeans are graphic novelists."
"Honestly, I know very little about... Most of them, I don't know their name," the director admitted.
"I know sometimes I don't know, so it means I'm not the right person to do them. To do those movies you need to love those characters and I'm a stranger."
While it's disappointing to learn that one of the best sci-fi directors of our time has no interest in the superhero universe, it's probably for the best if he's not well-versed in the genre. On the bright side, Villeneuve is
hard at work on another classic masterpiece - a film adaptation of Frank Herbert's
Dune.