We now know when to expect the Denis Villeneuve-directed, Ryan Gosling-fronted BLADE RUNNER 2, and it’s the year before the 2019 setting of the original film.
The sequel will be released on January 12th, 2018, a weird date for such a high-profile tentpole, to be sure.
I was in the audience at AFI Fest when Sir Ridley conveyed to the rapt crowd how the BLADE RUNNER follow-up would open. Basically, it starts on a farm, and we see a traditional farmhouse dwarfed by an enormous mining combine sitting alongside it. A spinner drops in, and a man walks into the farmhouse. We see who it is…Deckard.
Even though Scott’s not directing himself, and just producing, he co-wrote the story with returning screenwriter Hampton Fancher, and they’ve got Roger Deakins shooting the thing, so you know it’ll look gorgeous. They get going this July, so we should have a better idea of what the story/cast will be like leading up to production.
Less than two years before BLADE RUNNER 2 is in theaters. Even current model replicants will be able to see it!
BLADE RUNNER 2 will make you see things you people wouldn’t believe on January 12th, 2018.
