Now comes his most ambitious – and promising – project yet: adapting Ted Chiang’s stunning novella Story of Your Life into full-blooded cinematic escapism, placing Amy Adams at the centre of Earth’s first extraterrestrial contact.
She plays expert linguist Louise Banks, recruited by an elite team to investigate the eerie spacecraft which have suddenly descended across the globe.
Following an absolutely gripping first teaser, Paramount are now offering up a fuller look at the upcoming film and its star, alongside the likes of Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker.
Sci-fi’s never been an easy play within the awards circuit, but Villeneuve’s rising reputation in Hollywood could potentially be enough of a drive for Arrival to win big.