Blade Runner 2049

[rmoxon]

The thing about sequels is that they are the movies that define the legacy of the series, no pun intended but the second Tron film held its own and as a result held up that legacy. By holding its own I dont mean it was good, in fact i thought it was a pretty rubbish film (but then Im no fan of the first one either) but it was popular enough to make people remember the series.

Its funny but alot of us reading these threads on here probabaly dont realise that the general public are not as intrested in films as us and dont watch as many as we might expect. For instance they have just remade Conan, and even its star has said that he had not actualy seen the first Conan movie until after production on the remake had finished... how messed up is that?

Its a fact of life though. people are only concerened with the now and you have to make them interested in things right now or they wont care. A sequel to Blade Runner is really a great chance to introduce new people to what really is a remarkable world.

That is not a bad thing at all in my opinion.

[JazzFunk]

I'd rather look forward to Blade Runner 2 than not even get the opportunity of a 'sequel'. Even if it's total ****e, the original will still stand proudly on its own.

It's doubtful the 'sequel' will even be taken seriously by the hardcore, anyway, but personally I think the prospect of it is quite a fun one, I am very intrigued by it.

If they f*ck it up, it gets disowned. It's a win/win situation.

[averybluemonkey]

I really hope they don't trample over the storyline as laid out in the successor novels, Jeter did a fantastic job on those and it would be a shame to splinter the universe. I'd love to see what they could come up with with modern effects now though.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/22338/ridley-scott-talks-blade-runner-sequel

Ridley Scott discusses the film

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/22979/alcon-denies-ford-in-blade-runner

The direction of the film seems to be to make something connected to the original in the same way Prometheus is connected to the Alien series. Ford seems unlikely to appear.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/23014/scott-clears-up-blade-runner-2-talk

Ridley Scott cuts through everything saying the new film is barely an idea at the moment and mentions doing Prometheus 2 as well

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55858

Ridley Scott confirms that the upcoming sequel will have a female lead character

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/24037/ford-for-blade-sequel-pattinson-not-in-fire

Writing continues and Scott says that he's aiming to have Harrison Ford appear in some manner.

[dataDave]

...which would mean that he isn't a replicant afterall.

[bash]

“I don’t think it’ll be Harry [starring]” he explained. “But I’ve got to have him in it somewhere. That’d be amusing.”

Sounds more like an in-joke cameo appearance, I think Ridley still likes the idea that Decker was a replicant and therefore will feature new/different characters. Probably Fassbender as a new Blade runner seeing as he's appearing in EVERY FILM EVAAAA now!

[smouty]

In the Metro the morning there was an interview with Ridley Scott.
The last paragraph was very interesting.

There is a rumour you?ll be making a Blade Runner sequel.
It?s not a rumour ? it?s happening. With Harrison Ford? I don?t know yet. Is he too old? Well, he was a

->Open Spoiler<-

Nexus-6 so we don?t know how long he can live

[laughs]. And that?s all I?m going to say at this stage.

Well that shouls end the endless speculation

Or he could be yanking our chain.

[Dogg Thang]

If George Lucas has taught us anything, it's that directors can completely revise what they thought they were doing back in the day and can often just talk utter rubbish. And if Prometheus has taught us anything, it's that Scott doesn't quite have a handle on story. So even though the man made the film, I'd hardly take his word as gospel.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/29050/harrison-ford-back-for-blade-runner-2

Ford has been chatting with Scott about the film

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/33590/-blade-runner-2-script-finished-say-scott

Ridley Scott says the script is finished and just scheduling is in the way now

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/34860/ridley-scott-won-t-direct-blade-runner-2

After all the years spent working on getting this to screen, Ridley Scott is passing on directing duties. A director will now be sought for filming next year.