Josh Brolin on Dune 2 and Denis Villeneuve’s Oscars Snub

We are not the only ones enraged with Denis Villeneuve’s snub at the Oscars, as Josh Brolin also doesn’t understand why the visionary filmmaker didn’t get a Best Director nomination for his work on Dune. During an interview with Collider’s Steven Weintraub for Brolin’s new Prime Video series, Outer Range, Brolin said he couldn’t comprehend how the Academy didn’t recognize Villeneuve when Dune still received ten nominations in multiples categories, taking home six Oscar statues. Villeneuve’s ambitious adaptation of Frank Herbert’s beloved novel brought the story’s first half to theaters last year, while movie theaters were still suffering from the pandemic. Villeneuve’s stunning vision for the sci-fi masterpiece proved successful among the public and critics alike. However, even though Dune got Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, Villeneuve didn’t receive a nomination for Best Director. When asked how he felt about Villeneuve’s snub, Brolin was quick t