Josh Brolin goes on wild rant over Dune 2 Oscars snub as he threatens to QUIT acting

Josh Brolin vented his vexation astatine Dune: Part Two filmmaker Denis Villeneuve not receiving a Best Director motion arsenic Academy Awards nominations were announced Thursday, sarcastically saying helium was going to discontinue acting.

The 56-year-old histrion previously told Variety in November that helium felt Villeneuve, 57, was blatantly snubbed by the Academy aft helium was not nominated for the archetypal Dune movie, which was released successful precocious 2021.

Brolin, who reprised his relation of Gurney Halleck successful the sci-fi sequel, made a jaw-dropping pledge if Villeneuve were to beryllium snubbed for the critically-acclaimed sequel.

'If helium doesn't get nominated this year, I'll discontinue acting,' Brolin told the outlet past fall. 'It was a amended movie than the archetypal 1 ... it's masterful, and Denis is 1 of our maestro filmmakers. 

'If the Academy Awards person immoderate meaning whatsoever, they'll admit him.'

Villeneuve again was snubbed connected Thursday, arsenic helium was excluded from the database of Best Achievement successful Directing nominees, which included The Brutalist's Brady Corbet, Emilia Pérez's Jacques Audiard, Anora's Sean Baker, The Substance's Coralie Fargeat and A Complete Unknown's James Mangold.

The Santa Monica, California native, who appeared to beryllium sitting connected his sofa successful his home, made a notation to his erstwhile vow successful an Instagram Stories clip reacting to the Villeneuve snub.

'Apparently, I americium going to discontinue acting due to the fact that Denis Villeneuve didn't get nominated,' Brolin said. 'This is conscionable however this happening works. It makes nary consciousness to me. That's okay.'

In all, Dune: Part Two was nominated for 5 Oscars Thursday: Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Sound, Best Achievement successful Visual Effects, Best Achievement successful Cinematography and Best Achievement successful Production Design. 

Brolin, who plays Thanos successful the Avengers films, sent congratulations successful the clip to his Dune: Part Two collaborators connected the movie for their nominations.

'Just privation to accidental congratulations connected the Dune champion representation nomination,' helium said, 'to Greig Fraser connected cinematography, for champion ocular effects, for Patrice [Vermett] connected accumulation plan and for sound.

'Joe Walker and Denis, you merit it. It's an astonishing film. It was adjacent amended than the archetypal one. The radical who person gotten accolades surely merit it. Happy to beryllium a portion of it.'

Others successful the manufacture appeared to echo Brolin's sentiments connected the snub of Villeneuve, who was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for his absorption connected the question picture.

Spider-Verse shaper Chris Miller said connected X/Twitter Thursday, 'There were galore films that had large directing this twelvemonth but what Denis did - successful each aspects of the trade - was masterful.' 

Dune: Part Two's 2021 predecessor Dune: Part One won six Oscars connected 10 nominations. 

Brolin successful February of 2022 said the Academy looked 'dumb' not nominating the manager of a movie that garnered 10 nods.

'I don't cognize however you get 10 nominations and past the feline who has done the intolerable with that publication doesn't get nominated,' Brolin said connected Instagram. 'It makes you recognize that it's each astonishing and past it's each f***ing wholly dumb.

'So congratulations for the astonishing accomplishments that these incredibly talented radical person been acknowledged for, due to the fact that it's each really, truly dumb.'

Brolin past received his lone Oscar information a Best Supporting Actor Oscar motion successful 2009 for his show successful Milk.

Villeneuve has been nominated for 4 Oscars successful the past; erstwhile for Best Director for 2016's Arrival; and erstwhile for Best Adapted Screenplay for 2021's Dune: Part One.