Title: Blade Runner 2049
Original Title: Blade Runner 2049
Year: 2017
Info
- Country: USA UK
- Length: 163 Minutes (2 hours 43 min)
- Budget: €185,000,000
- Genre: Science fiction Suspense Thriller
- Studios: Alcon Entertainment Columbia Pictures
- Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing
- Age rating: R18 (To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas to adults of not less than 18 years)
Release Dates
- UK: October 05 2017
- United States: October 06 2017
Plot
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, the officer K from the LAPD (Ryan Gosling) discovers a dark secret that could bring the end of humanity as we know it. This discovery leads him to find the former blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who has been missing for thirty years. The film is directed by Denis Villeneuve ('Arrival', 'Sicario'), and the cast is completed by Ana de Armas as Joi, Jared Leto as Niander Wallace, Mackenzie David, Robin Wright, Sylvia Hoeks and Dave Bautista.
Villeneuve is set to bring to the big screen the continuation of the cult film from the eighties, 'Blade Runner' based on the novel, 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Philip K. Dick. The script is written by Hamton Fancher and Michael Green.
Awards
- 2018 Academy Awards (Oscars): 4 2
- 2018 BAFTA Awards: 8 2
Cast
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Videos
'Blade Runner 2049' Reel: VFX Breakdown (DNEG)
March 19 2018
La La Land 2049 - Teaser Trailer (Blade Runner Mashup)
October 20 2017
Photos
Trivia
Villeneuve's risk
Denis Villeneuve noted that he's fully aware of the immense pressure he's under, and how hardcore fans of the original view the prospect of a new film: "I know that every single fan will walk into the theater with a baseball bat. I'm aware of that and I respect that, and it's okay with me because it's art. Art is risk, and I have to take risks. It's gonna be the biggest risk of my life but I'm okay with that. For me it's very exciting... It's just so inspiring, I'm so inspired. I've been dreaming to do sci-fi since I was 10 years old, and I said 'no' to a lot of sequels. I couldn't say 'no' to 'Blade Runner 2049' (2017). I love it too much, so I said, 'Alright, I will do it and give everything I have to make it great.'"
Relation between Villeneuve and Hord
Initially, Denis Villeneuve was against the concept of a sequel to 'Blade Runner' (1982), as he felt it could violate the original. But after reading the script, which he and Harrison Ford have described as "one of the best" they have ever read, he committed to the project, stating that Ford was already involved at that point: "To be very honest with you, Harrison was part of the project before I arrived. He was attached to it right from the start with Ridley [Scott]. I met him and he's honestly one of the nicest human beings I've met and is one of my favorite actors of all time, so for me it's a lot of pleasure."
Release
This sequel is set to be released on October 6, 2017, just ten years and one day after the Final Cut version of the first film premiered in Los Angeles.
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