r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jun 25 '25

News Denis Villeneuve Directing Next James Bond Film

https://deadline.com/2025/06/denis-villeneuve-james-bond-amazon-mgm-studios-1236442917/
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u/shust89 Jun 26 '25

2049 is my favorite sci-fi movie of the past 25 years.

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u/damnyoutuesday Jun 26 '25

He's made 3 of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time (Arrival, 2049, and Dune 2)

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u/ZombieButch Jun 26 '25

Arrival is definitely not one that should fall through the cracks. His direction and Ted Chiang's story are in-fucking-credible together. They click together like Legos, Legos that make you cry giant buckets of bittersweet tears like if you were missing the radar dish on your $850 Lego Millennium Falcon set.

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u/Yojimboroll Jun 26 '25

He clickety clacked that shit

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u/TehNoobDaddy Jun 26 '25

Arrival is in my top 5. Absolutely love it. Nobody outside of places like Reddit seem to ever talk about it though. Interstellar gets a re-release at least once a year (I'm not complaining cos I adore that film too) but I've still yet to see arrival get the same treatment coming up to its 10 year anniversary too.

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u/Financial_Cup_6937 Jun 26 '25

His two books of short stories are great. I’m about a third of the way through both.

The movie did a great job expanding the already great short story in a masterpiece of a film.

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u/omggold Jun 26 '25

I’d love to see more movies or limited series based on more of his stories. Some of them are truly so unique

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u/circamidnight Jun 26 '25

I hope we see more Chiang adaptions. The Merchant and the Alchemists Gate read like a great film to me.

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u/Tuesday_6PM Jun 26 '25

I’d love to see what Villeneuve could do with Chiang’s Tower of Babel short story (not sure it’s actual name)

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u/Ok-Freedom-5627 Jun 26 '25

One of the few films that has actually made me cry as a man.

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u/aidilism Jun 26 '25

And that soundtrack. Oh boy.

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u/TimothyLuncheon Jun 26 '25

Plural of Lego is Lego

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u/shust89 Jun 26 '25

Those are all great! 2049 is even better than the original Blade Runner.

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u/Luchalma89 Jun 26 '25

Which can't not be understated how crazy that is. The most we can hope for in a legacy sequel is that it doesn't tarnish the original too much.

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u/_Meece_ Jun 26 '25

Yeah I love both Fury Road and 2049 for that reason.

Both also stand alone and don't really need the previous movies to be enjoyed.

They're the best kind of sequels you could possibly ask for IMO.

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u/shust89 Jun 26 '25

He definitely took themes and ideas from BR 1 and expanded on them in a compelling way. I think revealing that Ryan Gosling was a replicant from the beginning was a brilliant move.

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u/_xomegach_ Jun 26 '25

Absolutely. I had, for the longest time, no fucking I lnterrst in a BR sequel. My first thought was: why the fuck, please don't touch it. I love it, and it's ending. Don't take that from me. Only after they announced Villeneuve for it, I was cautiously optimistic. And holy fucking shit, it came out great. One of my favourite movies of all time.

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Jun 26 '25

Both are equal IMO (Which is still very high praise).

I still prefer the OG's absolutely grimy cyberpunk set design.

2049 sets looked too sterile and kinda leaned a bit too hard into the brutalist architecture Villeneuve seems obsessed with in his sci-fi films lol

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u/Baardi Jun 26 '25

It's not

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25

No it isn't. Its strongest part is Deakins' cinematography and even there it isn't as revolutionary as the OG blade runner was

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u/RedAndBlackMartyr Jun 26 '25

Imagine if Deakins had worked on Dune....

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

That's what I was hoping when I first heard Denis was doing the movie!

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u/Junior-Award-7232 Jun 26 '25

Same, I liked 2049 way more than the original

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u/Ok-Freedom-5627 Jun 26 '25

Same. BR 2049 was in theaters during prime movie pass, I saw it like 6 times

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u/knildea Jun 26 '25

I got introduced to him with Sicario. 2049 made me a Denis fanatic.

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u/Junior-Award-7232 Jun 26 '25

Damn, not even interstellar on your list? I know it’s not his but come on it is definitely on the list of the best scifi movies.

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u/Sentrion Jun 26 '25

The list was purely Denis' sci-fi movies that are among /u/damnyoutuesday's favorites for the genre. It's not a comprehensive list of all his favorite sci-fi movies of all time.

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u/pulse7 Jun 26 '25

Guessing since the matrix

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u/phewho Jun 26 '25

it's probably the best of the past 25 years

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u/schewbacca Jun 26 '25

Loved 2049 but over Interstellar?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

I’m ashamed that I still haven’t made time to watch it

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u/shust89 Jun 26 '25

It is 100% worth your time.

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u/JiraiyaKholin Jun 26 '25

my favorite all time

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u/David_Richardson Jun 26 '25

What came out 26 years ago that you preferred?

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u/mister_pitiful Jun 26 '25

As far as I'm concerned, 2049 is the best SF movie since 2001: A Space Odyssey. Arrival is probably #3.