Denis Villeneuve Sees His James Bond Movie as a ‘Powerful Rocket’ Separating Him From ‘Dune’

Blade Runner 2049 came out in 2017. Since that movie’s release, Denis Villeneuve has been locked into his Dune trilogy, with the third movie arriving in December. For the first time in a decade, he’ll be leaving Arrakis behind, but he has a high-profile next chapter already lined up. Extremely high-profile. The first James Bond movie of the Amazon MGM era, featuring an as-yet-to-be-named new actor playing 007. According to Villeneuve, that’s exactly what he needed after wrapping his epic…