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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.
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Set after the defeat of Alduin and amidst Skyrim's Civil War. 10 episode series, follows 7 different characters. First episode sees the Dominion lure both sides into a trap, killing Ulfric Stormcloak, General Tullius, and numerous officials on both sides. Vollas informs the Dragonborn of their plan to control the Snow Tower and with it Tamriel, before sending him 2 weeks through time. The Stormcloaks, unware of their true plans, see this as the Empire attempting to quickly win the war, and the war escalates even further. The Dragonborn returns at the end of E7, and quickly informs both sides of the Dominion's plan. The Empire and the remaining Stormcloaks work together to defend Solitude, which contains a gateway to the Snow Tower
