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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.
The Journey of Everest is a 2026 action adventure film written, co-produced, and directed by Denis Villeneuve. The sequel to The Hike of Everest, it stars Anne Hathaway, Emma Roberts, Daniel Kaluuya, Melissa McBride, Laurence Fishburne, and Peter Stormare. In the film, Beth McDale and her hiking team must defend themselves from Viktor Kosinvo during their climb in Mount Everest after they learn that he survived his fall; this becomes complicated when Beth realizes that she is pregnant, and she must confide in her younger sister Amy, who willingly agrees to support her. The Journey of Everest was released in theaters on December 6th, 2026; it was a financial success and received widespread acclaim. It was praised for Hathaway and Roberts' performances, the action sequences, direction, visuals, Hans Zimmer's musical score, the darker tone, screenplay, costume design and emotional depth. The film grossed $2.45 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2027 and of both Hathaway and Villeneuve's filmographies. Hathaway and Roberts won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, while Stormare was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Other awards include a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Film Score for Zimmer and an Academy Award for Best Director for Villeneuve, and Roger Deakins was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Cinematography.
