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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.
After years of being hunted and weaponized, Bruce Banner is betrayed once more. An off-world containment mission meant to remove him from Earth goes catastrophically wrong, sending Banner and the Hulk hurtling through space. The ship crash-lands on the brutal planet Sakaar, a world ruled by violence, slavery, and spectacle. Captured by the forces of the tyrant Red King, the Hulk is forced into the gladiator arenas, where survival is entertainment and death is currency. Stripped of hope and language, Hulk becomes a weapon once again—until he meets others who have been broken by Sakaar. Among them are: Hiroim the Shamed, a haunted priest-warrior seeking redemption Careira Oldstrong, a hardened Shadow Person fighter Elloe Kaifi, a former royal guard turned slave Miek, a survivor of genocide who sees Hulk as prophecy Together, they form a reluctant brotherhood, united not by destiny—but by shared suffering. Through combat and bloodshed, Hulk earns their loyalty and slowly regains Banner’s fractured sense of self. For the first time, Hulk is not feared—he is followed. As rebellion grows, the truth of Sakaar’s oppression is revealed. The Red King’s rule is sustained by cruelty and manipulation, and the planet itself is dying. Hulk leads an uprising that topples the arena system and challenges the throne, culminating in a city-shattering confrontation with the Red King. Just as Hulk claims victory, outside forces intervene. Thor arrives on Sakaar, tracking cosmic disturbances caused by the Hulk’s presence. Alongside him is Korg, a revolutionary warrior who recognizes Hulk as more than a destroyer. Thor and Korg help Banner escape Sakaar before its collapse, warning that Earth—and the cosmos—are on the brink of war. Hulk is forced to choose between the world that finally accepted him and the one that still fears him. The film ends with Hulk leaving Sakaar behind, not as a monster—but as a king without a throne, carrying the weight of loyalty, loss, and vengeance toward the stars. Hulk no longer fights to survive. He fights to return.
