Quentin Tarantino won’t observe any of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” motion pictures as a result of he’s ill and bored with remakes.
Occasion showing on “The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast” this day, the Oscar winner, 61, was once requested if he believed “Dune: Part Two” was once the most productive film of the while as many have claimed.
Tarantino couldn’t chime in as a result of he’s by no means revealed the flick that includes Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Javier Bardem, Florence Pugh and Austin Butler — and has disagree plans to.
“I saw [David Lynch’s] ‘Dune’ a couple of times. I don’t need to see that story again,” Tarantino exclaimed. “I don’t need to see spice worms. I don’t need to see a movie that says the word ‘spice’ so dramatically.”
The Hollywood movie director loved David Lynch’s 1984 film, in accordance with Frank Herbert’s 1965 book of the similar title; then again, he expressed his shortage of passion in Villeneuve’s remakes: “Dune” (2021), “Dune: Part Two” (2024) and “Dune Messiah,” mentioned to be the 3rd and ultimate movie within the form. The trilogy was confirmed earlier this year.
The filmmaker — whose hits come with the whole lot from “Pulp Fiction” and “Kill Bill: Part One” and “Kill Bill: Part Two” to “Reservoir Dogs,” “Django Unchained” and “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” — is exhausted of the similar worn tales in Tinseltown.
“It’s one after another of this remake and that remake,” Tarantino mentioned on Tuesday’s episode of the podcast.
His exhaustion is not anything non-public towards Villeneuve. He feels that method about all reboots.
“People ask have you seen ‘Dune’? Have you seen ‘Ripley?’ Have you seen ‘Shōgun’?” And I’m like disagree, disagree, disagree, disagree. There’s six or seven Ripley books. If you happen to do one once more, why are you doing the similar person who they’ve completed two times already? I’ve revealed that tale two times sooner than, and I didn’t actually adore it in both model, so I’m now not actually involved in ocular it a 3rd occasion. If you happen to did every other tale, that might be fascinating enough quantity to offer it a shot anyway,” he defined.
Tarantino has directed 9 motion pictures in his profession, none of which have been remakes.
“I saw ‘Shōgun’ in the ‘80s. I watched all 13 hours. I’m good. I don’t need to see that story again, I don’t care how they do it,” he added. “I don’t care if they take me and put me in ancient Japan in a time machine. I don’t care, I’ve seen the story.”
The Publish has reached out to Villeneuve for remark.
“Dune: Part Two” introduced in $182.5 million worldwide throughout its debut weekend, with mythical Steven Spielberg even gushing over the flick.
“You have made one of the most brilliant science-fiction films I’ve ever seen,” Spielberg told Villeneuve on the Administrators Guild of The usa panel in March.
Tarantino may not be involved in remakes however the filmmaker has expressed his plan to assemble his 10th film his latter, not too long ago dropping “The Movie Critic” as his ultimate flick.
“I’ve been doing it for a long time,” he defined. “I’ve been doing it for 30 years, and it’s time to wrap up the show,” he told CNN in 2022.
“I’m an entertainer: I want to leave you wanting more and not just work – and I don’t want to work to diminishing returns,” Tarantino shared.
“I don’t want to become this old man who’s out of touch, when already I’m feeling a bit like an old man out of touch when it comes to the current movies that are out right now.”
