Dune: Part Two star Josh Brolin has made his opinion about next year's Oscar nominations well known in advance.

Hollywood mainstay Josh Brolin recently made the surprising claim of quitting acting if the Oscars 2025 decide to snub Dune 2 director Denis Villeneuve. The one-time Academy Award nominee returned to the Dune franchise this year,

This year’s Oscar nominations are set to be revealed on January 17. According to Brolin’s IMDB, he has two films in production, Weapon and The Running Man, and will more than likely appear in the third Dune film. So, either the Academy gets it right, or else we riot.

Javier Bardem even loves him enough to trek out to director Denis Villeneuve’s home and fight for his right to play the character if he has to. As written! Speaking of writing, Villeneuve told Deadline last month that he was “in the writing zone right now” on Dune: Messiah,

Dune has become something of a phenomenon. Frank Herbert’s classic series of sci-fi novels have always been beloved by genre fans, but Denis Villeneuve’s two-part film adaptation of the first book has brought the saga of the Atreides and the Imperium to new fans.

He was introduced Villeneueve’s first movie in the franchise, which was released in 2021 and returned for a larger role in Dune: Part 2 – one of the most bankable films of 2024. He is expected to return in the third film titled Dune: Messiah,

Javier Bardem expects to be involved in Denis Villeneuve's third Dune film. In October, the director revealed he was working on an adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel Dune Messiah and his film will star returning actors Timothée Chalamet,