James Cameron slams the Academy Awards for the notorious Dune snub from the 2020s, of a fellow sci-fi director. Cameron’s Avatar: Fireplace and Ash is in film theaters worldwide as of at the moment (December 19). That is the third installment within the Titanic filmmaker’s epic sci-fi Avatar collection; the primary two motion pictures, from 2009 and 2022, garnered a number of Academy Award nominations.
Whereas each Avatar and Avatar: The Manner of Water have been nominated for the Oscar for Greatest Image of their respective years, Cameron was solely nominated for Greatest Director for the unique outing. In a brand new interview with Canada’s The Globe and Mail, Cameron criticizes one other filmmaker who achieved an identical feat by no means getting the Achievement in Directing nod.
Cameron is speaking about Denis Villeneuve, who directed 2021’s Dune and 2024’s Dune: Half Two, each nominated for Greatest Image. “[…] these two magnificent Dune movies and apparently these movies make themselves as a result of he wasn’t thought-about as a director,” says Cameron. “Like okay, you’ll be able to play the awards sport or you’ll be able to play the sport I prefer to play and that’s to make motion pictures individuals truly go to.“
“I do not take into consideration the Academy Awards that a lot,” Cameron additionally stated, though his Titanic is without doubt one of the most-nominated motion pictures in Oscars historical past. “Deliberately, I do not take into consideration that at this level. I do not attempt to make a film to enchantment to their sensibility… they do not are inclined to honor movies like Avatar or movies which are science fiction. Sci-fi is sort of by no means correctly acknowledged.“
Villeneuve not being acknowledged within the directing class for both Dune film is extensively seen as one of many greatest Oscars snubs in current historical past. The truth that he was not nominated for the primary two motion pictures makes it appear unlikely that issues will change with Dune: Half Three, which comes out in December 2026, with the principle forged returning.
Villeneuve has been nominated within the class as soon as, for 2016’s Arrival, additionally a sci-fi film and Greatest Image nominee. The Dune filmmaker remains to be acknowledged as probably the greatest presently working administrators within the business, and has been tapped to helm the extremely anticipated Bond 26, which is in growth at Amazon MGM Studios.
Style motion pictures resembling sci-fi and horror have traditionally struggled on the Oscars, however a uncommon few break by and are often large phenomena when this occurs. For one cause or one other, Villeneuve’s work as a director on Dune might by no means technically get the label of “Oscar worthy,” however filmmakers of the identical caliber nonetheless see his groundbreaking work for what it’s.
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Frank Herbert
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Kyle MacLachlan, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista
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Dune, Dune, Dune: Half Two, Dune: Half Three