The “Dune: Part Two” director will be honored at the ceremony taking place in New York on December 2

The Gotham Awards are giving filmmaker Denis Villeneuve‘s Oscar campaign a shot in the arm. They have announced that he will receive their Director Tribute for his “remarkable worldbuilding and storytelling prowess” in crafting the blockbuster film “Dune: Part Two.

Denis Villeneuve appeared on Vanity Fair’s “Little Gold Men” podcast and stressed that an upcoming third “Dune” movie based on Frank Herbert’s novel “Dune Messiah” is not being developed as the completion of a trilogy in his eyes.

Director Denis Villeneuve talks about wanting the next Dune movie to feel different, handling the time jump, and leaving Arrakis for good when it's all over.

A third Dune film is in the works, but if you ask Denis Villeneuve, his take on the sci-fi classic is "not like a trilogy."

In addition to the expanding “Dune” franchise, French-Canadian filmmaker Villeneuve has previously directed “Blade Runner 2049″ (2017), ”Arrival” (2016), and ”Sicario” (2015), among other features. The Gotham also has a tie to one of Villeneuve’s early films, “Incendies” (2010), which the organization supported through the IFP Week Program.

Denis Villeneuve will receive the Gotham Director Tribute for Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ 'Dune: Part Two' at the 34th annual Gotham Awards Ceremony.

Denis Villeneuve will receive The Gotham Director Tribute on December 2 for Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures’ Dune: Part Two. Villeneuve’s adaptation of the Frank Herbert sci-fi messiah story starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya premiered in London in February and opened in March, going on to gross more than $711m worldwide.