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Denis Villeneuve (born October 3, 1967) is a Canadian filmmaker. He has received seven Canadian Screen Awards as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Villeneuve's films have grossed more than $1.8 billion worldwide. Villeneuve began his career in his home country, directing four French-language dramas: August 32nd on Earth (1998); Maelström (2000); Polytechnique (2009), a dramatisation of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre; and Incendies (2010). The last of these gained him international prominence and earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He expanded to English-language films by directing the thrillers Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), and Sicario (2015). Villeneuve gained wider recognition for directing science fiction films. His work on Arrival (2016) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. This was followed by Blade Runner 2049 (2017), which was critically lauded but financially unsuccessful. His next projects were Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), a two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel of the same name. Both films were critically and commercially successful, with the former earning him Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.
Batman, despite being in his late 50s, continues to fight crime with a new high-tech uniform. In the rescue of a kidnapped heiress, Batman suffers a mild heart attack and, at the risk of being beaten to death by one of the kidnappers, is forced to betray one of his old oaths by using a weapon to protect himself. Finally, Bruce decides that his time as Batman is over and vows "never to" act like a hero again, shutting down the Batcave. At that time, his allies (Alfred Pennyworth, Commissioner Gordon, Lucius Fox, Leslie Thompkins, Renee Montoya and Harvey Bullock) died of natural causes or retired. His partners (Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, Selina Kyle and Tim Drake) are still alive and aging, losing touch or having disagreements with Batman after also retiring as heroes. All your enemies (Joker, Harlequin, Penguin, Two-Face, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Riddler, Crocodile, Gunman, Clay Face, Mad Hatter, Cold Lord, Bane, Ra's al Ghul, Human Bat, Firefly, Hugo Strange, Ventriloquist & Scarface) or are retired, imprisoned, exiled or dead. Batman also severed his ties to Superman and the Justice League. The story progresses 20 years later, until 2039, in Nova-Gotham, a futuristic megalopolis, with towering skyscrapers and flying vehicles.
