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Upcoming Blade Runner Sequel Gets a Title: Blade Runner 2049 (theverge.com)
The sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi classic "Blade Runner" is officially titled "Blade Runner 2049." Harris Ford is confirmed to be returning as Rick Deckard. Other stars include Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto, Robin Wright, Dave Bautista and Lennie James. The Verge reports: There's a hashtag included in the press release, of course (#BladeRunner2049), but other than that there's little else revealed about the story itself. There is a new picture out, however, with Scott, Villeneuve, Gosling, and Harrison Ford chatting over some Blade Runner weaponry. Whether you like or hate the new title will most likely depend on how excited you are about knowing the exact year that the new film takes place. The original was set in 2019, so it's good that they're tacking on an extra 30 years because the Los Angeles of today really doesn't look anything like the dystopian vision Scott wowed audiences with way back when. But hey -- there's still time. Blade Runner 2049 is scheduled to arrive in theaters on October 6th, 2017.
driving me batty
Oh cool, I loved his work in St Wars!
Yeah, totally. When I think of a classic cinematic science fiction masterpiece, with an amazing score and even more amazing soliloquy at the end making us confront what it means to be human, I don't think Blade Runner. I'm thinking maybe something staring The Rock, where he's an ace starfighter pilot, but one day his ten year old nephew stows away aboard his ship and hilarity and action ensues. Maybe they land on a planet inhabited by enemy sentient dinosaurs, but there's a really cute young one that befriends the nephew for even more hi-jinks.
Yeah. THAT'S science fiction right there.
LOL. He said "Dick".
I'm sorry, but your opinion seems to be wrong.
I'm in my mid-40s, but I had never watched Blade Runner until very recently when I heard they were making a sequel. To be honest I did think it was a very good movie and I don't understand why a sequel is being made. Is most of the appeal some sort of nostalgia? What am I missing?
Who the fuck is Harris Ford?
what the hell is an aluminum falcon?
when religion is no longer the opiate of the masses, governments will resort to real opiates.
Hollywood needs to grow a pair, take a small risk, and start making original movies again. The constant recycling of old film franchises as a cynical cash grab is boring and tiresome, and leaves a permanent stain on history that can't be ignored (Star Wars is the obvious example).
Just leave Blade Runner alone. It doesn't need a sequel.
(Well I might grab a torrent once the DVD is released).
Yup. Anything deemed not worth paying for is stuff you're allowed to steal. It's right there in the constitution.
Stupid sexy Flanders.