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Warner Bros. and Legendary Set Denis Villeneuve Event Film for 2026, Next MonsterVerse Movie for 2027 (variety.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I haven't yet seen an in-depth interview with Villeneuve where he addresses whether or not he wants to continue making (admittedly thoughtful and overall excellent) adaptations vs original works.

Going back over his filmography, every film since Maelström (2000) (or perhaps Polytechnique in 2009) has been an adaptation of a previous work. I really love the work he does, and I would not want him to be tied down to existing properties. Then again, he may believe that adaptations are where he does his best work.

Whichever it is, let the man work the way he wants to work. I'm here for it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

He's mentioned somewhere (believe me I'm an internet enthusiast) that he doesn't like writing, he's just a master at adaptation. And I get that. Being really good at visualizing a story well is really hard.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Is Sicario an adaptation? I can't find any reference that it is.

Also, Prisoners is technically an adaptation of a short-story, but it's a not very well known short-story (I don't even see a name for the story on Wikipedia) from the writer of the screen play, so you could make an argument that the short story is essentially just a first draft of the script.

I do agree that we should just let him continue doing whatever he wants, he's done excellent work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I feel like doing really great adaptations like he has is a really rare skill in his line of work. Dune was considered to be unfilmable even David Lynch failed to do it. But he did it extremely well

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lisan al-Kaiju!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Seems promising

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's a hell of a garden path sentence headline. "Legendary" is a noun and "Set" is a verb.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's usual with Variety

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

With a variety of what? (/j)