Quentin Tarantino hasn’t watched director Denis Villeneuve 's Dune films and he has no plans to. While a guest on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast , the filmmaker explained why he won’t watch the new Dune films,

Quentin Tarantino has no desire to watch a remake of a preexisting film or show, even if it’s made by a fellow auteur like Denis Villeneuve. Tarantino said during “The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast” that he still has not watched either (Villeneuve) “Dune” movie, and probably never will.

Quentin Tarantino has not seen Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” movies and has no intention of changing that despite the rave reactions. During an interview on “The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast” (the same interview where Tarantino defended “Joker: Folie à Deux”),

Warner Bros. is still submitting Dune 2's score for Academy Awards consideration. Last month, it was announced that Hans Zimmer's score for Dune 2 wouldn't be eligible for Academy Awards consideration given that the movie's music surpasses the Academy's limit on pre-existing music and is ineligible to be nominated in the Best Original Score category.