DUNE Star Josh Brolin Says He'll "Quit Acting" If Denis Villeneuve Isn't Nominated For A Best Director Oscar

DUNE Star Josh Brolin Says He'll "Quit Acting" If Denis Villeneuve Isn't Nominated For A Best Director Oscar

Gurney Halleck actor Josh Brolin is adamant that Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve should be nominated for an Academy Award for his work on the sci-fi sequel...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 22, 2024 12:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Dune
Source: Via SFF Gazette

Despite the first Dune movie picking up a nomination for Best Picture at the 2022 Academy Awards, Denis Villeneuve was not nominated for Best Director. Understandably, this didn't sit very well with a lot of people - including star Josh Brolin.

Brolin, who played loyal Atreides War Master Gurney Halleck in both movies, was very vocal about Villeneuve being overlooked the first time, and is even more adamant that the filmmaker should be recognized by the Academy for his work on recent sequel, Dune: Part Two.

“If he doesn’t get nominated this year, I’ll quit acting,” Brolin tells 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.”

We're sure Brolin won't actually retire if Villeneuve isn't nominated, but it would definitely be viewed as a massive snub if the acclaimed filmmaker didn't receive some awards plaudits for the sci-fi sequel, which is generally viewed as being even better than its predecessor.

Villeneuve will return to helm the now officially green-lit Dune: Part Three - which will adapt the second book in Frank Herbert's saga, Dune: Messiah - and Brolin is expected to reprise his role along with the rest of the main cast.

"Those hoping for blockbuster escapism might find themselves shook by this faithful, at times borderline depressing adaptation," we said in our review of Part Two. "But Dune Part Two is Sci-fi spectacle at its finest and most audacious, as Villeneuve builds-upon and possibly surpasses (opinions will vary) his previous film with aplomb."

The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on Dune: Part Two, the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning Dune. 

The big-screen epic continues the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s acclaimed bestseller Dune with returning and new stars, including Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (Wonka, Call Me by Your Name), Zendaya (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Malcolm & Marie, Euphoria), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning), Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (Avengers: Endgame, Milk), Oscar nominee Austin Butler (Elvis, Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood), Oscar nominee Florence Pugh (Black Widow, Little Women), Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: Love and Thunder), Oscar winner Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter,), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Fences), Léa Seydoux (James Bond, Crimes of the Future), with Stellan Skarsgård (Avengers: Age of Ultron), Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling (45 Years, Assassin’s Creed), and Oscar winner Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Being the Ricardos).

Dune: Part Two will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

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grif
grif - 11/22/2024, 12:01 PM
i guess he wont be in that goonies sequel nobody wants then.


LSHF
LSHF - 11/22/2024, 12:07 PM
No, he won't.
Forthas
Forthas - 11/22/2024, 12:11 PM
Having the film broken up into two parts has kind of comprimised the awrads season for Dune 2. Hans Zimmer has already been disqualified of sorts because his score for Duune 2 used too much music from the first film...

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/dune-2-score-ineligible-hans-zimmer-1236186389/

In addition, I think personally, that Rebecca Ferguson should be considered for best actress however the strength of her acting is dependent on the first film to show the change in the arc of her character which is also the case with Tomothee Chalemet. It is too bad that both films could not be viewed as one film and considered that way. I think it would win or at least earn more nominations that way.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/22/2024, 2:04 PM
@Forthas - exactly. In part two Paul and Jessica are flat static characters.
Forthas
Forthas - 11/22/2024, 2:20 PM
@McMurdo - Yes! Not that they are static, I think their arc does change a bit but without the context of the first film, it seems somewhat sudden and unearned.

When I saw Jessica go dark and start talking about how they were going to "start with the weak ones" the ones who "feared" them I was like "where did that come from?" But then in the context of the two films the scene where Duke Leto asks her if she will protect Paul, she says with her life and he said he does not mean her but the Bene Gesserit, it now gave meaning to her leaning into using the prophesy to protect Paul.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 11/22/2024, 12:14 PM
Denis only has one best director nomination.. that's the problem. He's arguably top 3 directors working right now. He hasn't made a bad movie yet, in fact he improves with every movie. Just like Return of The King was a sweeper for the oscars, Messiah will do the same
MrDandy
MrDandy - 11/22/2024, 12:45 PM
@bobevanz - assuming he sticks the landing with Part 3, you are probably right. Though I still expect him to get nominations this season
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 11/22/2024, 6:07 PM
@bobevanz - sicario and Blade Runner are his best I think
Forthas
Forthas - 11/22/2024, 12:17 PM
I hope that Dune Prophesy does not venture into the trap that doomed Star Wars. In the first episode it seemed like one character has a super power. I hope that is not the case and that it is a trick.

The mysticism in Dune should remain subtle and mysterious. The constant increase in power levels and abilities and the attempt to define the force in the Star Wars universe was a mistake hopefully Dune will avoid.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/22/2024, 2:03 PM
@Forthas - bro what do you think the Voice is ...science?
Forthas
Forthas - 11/22/2024, 2:11 PM
@McMurdo - Bro there is a pseudo science behind that...

https://www.reddit.com/r/dune/comments/atq1in/the_realworld_basis_of_voice/
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/22/2024, 2:50 PM
@Forthas - it's a superpower for all intents and purposes
abd00bie
abd00bie - 11/22/2024, 4:25 PM
@McMurdo - My dad thought yelling the loudest and being the angriest would make people think he was right, he was just an asshole and still is occasionally. Most of the time
Pakent
Pakent - 11/22/2024, 12:21 PM
I was hoping to see him as Cable in Deadpool 5, bummer
Biggums
Biggums - 11/22/2024, 12:36 PM
@Pakent - his cable was bad imo. Casting wise
Pakent
Pakent - 11/22/2024, 1:47 PM
@Biggums - I agree, but maybe for a cameo or a joke
DocSpock
DocSpock - 11/22/2024, 12:32 PM

He should get the nomination.

But these actors and silly empty threats. lol!
Biggums
Biggums - 11/22/2024, 12:35 PM
Good. Doubt I'd miss all 3 parties actually
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/22/2024, 12:40 PM
Bold claim, now let's see if he's a man of his word😂
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 11/22/2024, 12:44 PM
Is this the new "I'm gonna move to Canada" for these sheltered elitists?

If another wealthy elitist not winning a rather arbitrary award is your reason for quitting your profession, your heart must not be in it much to begin with, so why not just call it quits now?

These people love the smell of their own farts.
Itwasme
Itwasme - 11/22/2024, 1:06 PM
@Feralwookiee - are really taking this literally?
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 11/22/2024, 1:50 PM
@Itwasme - It doesn't say that he said this sarcastically or in jest, so why not?
Otherwise, why be so hyperbolic about some silly award?
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 11/22/2024, 1:57 PM
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McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/22/2024, 2:01 PM
The first film had a more compelling Paul, a more compelling Jessica, it had the Atreidis anxiety and paranoia angle via Lehto, Stilgar wasn't comic relief and wasnt one note in the first film, the Harkonnen were not simply Fremen canon fodder to be easily dealt with in part 1.....I mean i genuinely cant think of a single aspect that Dune 2 did better. It's certainly not the level up that for instance The Empire Strikes Back was. Denis V has a very cold way of writing characters in his films outside of Prisoners and Arrivals ... His characters are just flat. When I watch Lord of the Rings, Jackson wasn't afraid of a sweeping narrative and well drawn action beats that compliment characters who are dynamic. The characterization in part 2 just kinda falls off a sand cliff. His Blade runner has a similar feel when it comes to characterization. Paul has no real inner conflict I mean he knows what he has to do is going to make him a space prophet and he has a moment of hesitation in that but it's undercut by the very first dinner scene in the Fremen enclave where he immediately tells Jessica that he must win the non-believers to his cause.that scene was a mistake because it robs Paul of the dynamic inner conflict he faces within the first film. He sets out to weaponize a people in part 2 and he does just that. This isn't Luke struggling to face space Hitler because of his relation to the enemy, for instance.

Dune 2 is a good film but it's the lesser of the two IMO
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/22/2024, 2:03 PM
Either Steve McQueen or Denise should win Best Director, but not necessarily Best Picture.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 11/22/2024, 2:04 PM
And move to France, don’t forget that part
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 11/22/2024, 3:13 PM
Denis Villeneuve and Dune II should get nominated for sure.

But then, so should TDK...
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 11/22/2024, 3:15 PM
@UltimaRex - why yes, it WAS 15 years ago.

No, I'm not letting it go...
Forthas
Forthas - 11/22/2024, 4:41 PM
@UltimaRex - You are 100% coreect!
abd00bie
abd00bie - 11/22/2024, 4:22 PM
Denis should direct a Batman Beyond movie
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 11/22/2024, 4:59 PM
While I agree that he should be nominated I’m so sick of celebs making threats to get what they want.
dragon316
dragon316 - 11/22/2024, 7:21 PM
Guess he’s done acting
Toecutter
Toecutter - 11/23/2024, 5:14 AM
Everyone in this thread will quit eating Pizza if the Blade reboot isn't released next year. That's a promise.
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 11/23/2024, 5:21 PM
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Yeah right..... Until Marvel wants another nostalgia trip with Thanos.

But still...

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