Denis Villeneuve Responds To Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Dune’ Gripe: “I Don’t Care”

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Denis Villeneuve is unfazed by critics of his work — at least, the ones who haven’t seen his work. After Quentin Tarantino said he’s “not interested” in seeing any remakes, the Dune director emphasized that “what I did was not a remake” as he responded to the critique during a recent appearance at Concordia University in Montreal. “I don’t care.

It’s true,” he said of Tarantino’s comments, according to The Montreal Gazette. “I agree with him that I don’t like this idea of recycling and bringing back old ideas.

But where I disagree is that what I did was not a remake. It’s an adaptation of the book. I see this as an original.” Villeneuve added, “But we are very different human beings.” After David Lynch adapted Frank Herbert‘s 1965 novel Dune for his 1984 space opera, Villeneuve returned to the source material for his adaptation Dune (2021) and this year’s Dune: Part Two.

The franchise has spawned the prequel series Dune: Prophecy, debuting Nov. 17 on HBO and Max. Villeneuve told Deadline this month that he plans to start filming the film franchise’s third installment, based on Herbert’s ’69 novel Dune Messiah, in late 2025 or 2026. “I saw [Lynch’s] Dune a couple of times,” Tarantino recently said on Bret Easton Ellis’ self-titled podcast. “I don’t need to see that story again.