‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve: ‘Human Beings Are Ruled by Algorithms Right Now… Society Is Crumbling’
Denis Villeneuve, director of the hit sci-fi franchise Dune, expressed dismay about how individualism has suffered during the age of Big Tech

Denis Villeneuve, director of the hit sci-fi franchise Dune, expressed dismay about how individualism has suffered during the age of Big Tech
The hit sci-fi epic Dune 2 has been met with criticism in some quarters for its lack of Middle-Eastern, North African (MENA) representation.
Movies made for normal people — Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Dune: Part Two, and Kung Fu Panda 4 — are succeeding at the box office.
It’s not the movies we hate, Hollywood. It’s you we hate.
Actress Florence Pugh was struck in the face by an object thrown at her by a fan at Brazil’s comic con on Sunday.
Nolte: Warner Bros. is reportedly looking at rescheduling three of its tentpole films that had been scheduled for release this year.
For the second year in a row, the Venice Film Festival in Italy is siding with China by erasing the existence of Taiwan, with the festival’s official programming referring to the independent country as “Taipei,” the capital city.
After a record-breaking start, October’s box office closed out quietly this weekend with “Dune” repeating at number one and two prominent genre newcomers, “ Last Night in Soho ” and “Antlers,” stumbling.
Chinese state media took another box-office victory lap on Monday, crowing that America’s current top film Dune cannot compete against the state-funded, state-pushed Korean War propaganda film The Battle at Lake Changjin at the Chinese box office.
The sci-fi -drama “Dune” — starring Timothee Chalament, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya and Jason Momoa — is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $40.1 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.
A promotional poster for the science-fiction epic Dune produced for the Chinese market removed a black main character from the image.
“Dune” is a movie made to be seen on the biggest screen you can find.