The blockbuster auteur, who is set to receive the Visionary Award at our 2024 event, tells IndieWire why he sees science fiction as a vessel for hope.

If there’s one thing that director Denis Villeneuve has proven, it’s that he is capable of pulling off large-scale sci-fi films better than almost any other working filmmaker. He first demonstrated that when he dipped his toes into the sci-fi genre with 2016’s Arrival and did so again a year later when he helmed Blade Runner 2049.

Yes, the "Dune" director hated Ewoks that much. "It became like a recipe, and there were no more surprises," he says.

During his conversation with Matthew Belloni on The Town podcast, Denis Villeneuve admitted that he was the “target audience” for Star Wars: A New Hope when it came out in 197

Those of you with a Max subscription can judge for yourselves, as new episodes of Dune: Prophecy will be available at the same time they air on HBO. Sunday night at 9 PM ET is when the next chapters will continue to unfurl, so make sure you’re set to dive headlong into the distant future with enough time to prepare for the next workweek.

Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve was born in 1967; his filmography also includes plenty of forays into the futuristic and extraterrestrial. (Plus whatever you’d like to classify Enemy as.) Knowing his age and penchant for ambitious science fiction,