Dune co-writer/director Denis Villeneuve becomes the latest filmmaker to criticize films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as being too repetitive. Villeneuve rose to stardom in the film industry with modest budgeted affairs including Prisoners, Enemy and Sicario. Following the Oscar-nominated success of the latter, he would begin venturing into larger-scale territory with the Oscar-nominated sci-fi dramas Arrival and Blade Runner 2049.
Villeneuve’s latest directorial effort comes in the form of Dune, an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic novel of the same name. The filmmaker has built a large ensemble cast for the project that includes Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Rebecca Ferguson and Stellan Skarsgård with plans to divide the novel into two films. Though clearly a fan of large-scale projects, Villeneuve has opened up about one area of filmmaking he doesn’t truly enjoy.
