Josh Brolin threatens to ‘quit acting’ if ‘Dune 2’ director doesn’t earn Oscar nomination

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Josh Brolin has a bone to pick with the academy. The actor, 56, shared that the Oscars got it wrong when they failed to nominated his “Dune” director Denis Villeneuve for the 2021 sci-fi movie.

This year, Villeneuve is up for consideration for the award again for “Dune: Part Two.”The sequel received better reviews than the original film, with Brolin reprising his role of Gurney Halleck, a mentor to Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides.“If he doesn’t get nominated this year, I’ll quit acting,” Brolin told Variety in an interview published Thursday. “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.”Villeneuve, 57, is set to be recognized at the IndieWire Honors 2024 and will receive the director tribute at the Gotham Awards.

But Oscar nominations will not be unveiled until early 2025.“Dune: Part One” gained the second highest number of nominations at the 94th Academy Awards with 10 nods, but Best Director was not in the mix.