The Gotham Awards have named the first filmmaker to be honored at the 2024 ceremony: Denis Villeneuve. This year's ceremony, which will take place on Monday, December 2, will toast the "Dune: Part Two" auteur with the Gotham Director Tribute.

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."

Denis Villeneuve will receive the Director Tribute at the 34th Gotham Awards, in recognition of "Dune: Part Two." The ceremony will take place live and in person on December 2, 2024 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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 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.