With growing expert crews, eye-watering tax incentives and staggering locations, the Middle East is currently a bubbling cauldron of activity for film shoots. From Hollywood blockbusters like Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” to regional epics like “Hajjan,” productions are making the most of the geographical diversity of the sprawling region while film commissions and studios […]

Denis Villeneuve recently participated in a Q&A with students at Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal, Quebec (via Montreal Gazette) and brushed off Quentin Tarantino’s viral comments about refusing to watch “Dune” and “Dune: Part Two.” The “Pulp Fiction” Oscar winner said he’s not interested in remakes and didn’t need to watch […]

For “Dune: Part Two” director Denis Villeneuve, filmmaking is more than just a career… It’s a calling. Villeneuve approaches each project with an almost spiritual reverence, especially Frank Herbert’s “Dune” series, a saga he describes as “a world with endless depth and complexity.” For fans eagerly awaiting a third installment, he carefully manages expectations around […]

Warner Bros. and the “Dune: Part Two” team are not backing down from their Oscar ambitions, still hoping for recognition for Hans Zimmer’s powerful score. As first reported by Variety in October, Zimmer’s music for Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic faced a speed bump when an independent review questioned whether the score met the Academy’s eligibility […]