Josh Brolin Vows to 'Quit Acting' IfDune: Part TwoDirector Denis Villeneuve Isn't Nominated for Oscar

Mar. 15, 2025

Josh Brolin and Denis Villeneuve at the premiere ofDune: Part Twoin Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Feb. 18, 2024.Photo:Cedric Ribeiro/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Picture

Cedric Ribeiro/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Picture

Josh Brolinis throwing his full support behind directorDenis Villeneuvethis awards season.

In an interview withVarietypublished Thursday, Nov. 21, the actor, who is promoting his memoirFrom Under the Truck, said of hisDune: Part Twodirector, “If he doesn’t get nominated [for an Oscar] this year, I’ll quit acting.”

“It was abetter movie than the first one,” added Brolin, 56, of the sequel to 2021’sDune, which was released earlier this year and saw him reprise his role as Warmaster Gurney Halleck.

“When I watched it, it felt like my brain was broken open,” Brolin continued ofDune: Part Two. “It’s masterful, and Denis is one of our master filmmakers. If theAcademy Awardshave any meaning whatsoever, they’ll recognize him.”

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From L: Anya Taylor-Joy, Souheila Yacoub, Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Denis Villeneuve, Austin Butler, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh and Léa Seydoux at the premiere ofDune: Part Twoin New York City on Feb. 25, 2024.Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Warner Bros.

Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Warner Bros.

The Oscar nominations will be announced Friday, Jan. 17, and the ceremony is set for Sunday, March 2.

While Villeneuve didn’t score a Best Director nomination at the 2022 Oscars for the firstDune, the movie was up for Best Picture. The filmmaker was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, alongside co-writers Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, andDunewon six Oscarsfrom a total of 10 nominations.

Villeneuve was nominated for Best Director in the past, for his 2016 sci-fi dramaArrival, which earned one Oscar win, for Best Sound Editing, from a total of eight nominations.

Dune: Part Twoends with Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) besting the emperor (Christopher Walken) and the Harkonnens and, with the Fremens’ help, launching the holy war across the universe that he had glimpsed in his spice-induced visions.

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Josh Brolin inDune: Part Two(2024).Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

“I will say, there are words on paper,” Villeneuve, who also co-wrote the screenplay forDune: Part Two,teased of a third movie during an interview withEmpirein August.

“If I succeed in making a trilogy, that would be the dream,” the filmmaker said.

Villeneuve also noted that if athird film did come to fruitionit would be his final installment in the franchise, since following 1969’sDune Messiah, “the books become more … esoteric.”

From Under the Truckis available now wherever books are sold.

source: people.com