Ridley Scott to direct new Blade Runner entry

[REmaster]

I forget - I know they were Blade Runner books set in the movieverse, but did Philip K Dick ever write a sequel to the original book?

Still, all the reason I need to go and see if I can re-watch the original...

I don't believe so. It's a shame he died the same year Blade Runner was released as well, such a brilliant writer.

Also, wait for it...

Who here believes Deckard was a replicant? I personally don't think he was, Ridley Scott said he is and Harrison Ford strongly disagrees.

[Darkmoon]

I forget - I know they were Blade Runner books set in the movieverse, but did Philip K Dick ever write a sequel to the original book?

Still, all the reason I need to go and see if I can re-watch the original...

[Zombie Fred]

All I can say is that more Blade Runner is better than nothing, and if Ridley can bring back the same vibe from the first film, even if it's a small fragment, then I'm even more for it.

EDIT: This is also the perfect time for Vangelis to rise from the ashes again, and get other new blood on the music team, and really compose something that is awe to the ears. Theres many things that can go right with this film, and yet many things that can go very bad.

[aris13]

I think 'Hannibal' and 'Robin Hood' are good examples of that.

Word. He always was a hit/miss director for me and let's be honest his latest movies sucked.

[rewak]

I like Hannibal, wasn't like the book sure but it wasn't a bad movie. Hannibal Rising, now that was a bad movie.

Anyway i'll believe this when something more tangible than a flimsy press release is shown. Given this has been talked about for years it's no real surprise to see it being talked about again. I'd far rather it be a sequel or prequel than a remake so at least if this finally materializes they're starting in the right direction

[Wrathborne]

Yeah...I don't think a sequel is needed.

Scotts abilities as a director have actually gotten worse with time. I don't think he even knows how to tell a really good story anymore.

I think 'Hannibal' and 'Robin Hood' are good examples of that.

[aris13]

It's official.

Press Release

LOS ANGELES, CA, AUGUST 18, 2011—Three-time Oscar-nominated director Ridley Scott is set to helm a follow up to his own ground-breaking 1982 science fiction classic “Blade Runner” for Warner Bros-based financing and production company Alcon Entertainment (“The Blind Side,” “The Book of Eli”).

Alcon co-founders and co-Chief Executive Officers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove will produce with Bud Yorkin and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin, along with Ridley Scott. Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble, CEO’s of Thunderbird Films, will serve as executive producers.

The filmmakers have not yet revealed whether the theatrical project will be a prequel or sequel to the renowned original.

Alcon and Yorkin recently announced that they are partnering to produce “Blade Runner” theatrical sequels and prequels, in addition to all television and interactive productions.

The original film, which has been singled out as the greatest science-fiction film of all time by a majority of genre publications, was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1993 and is frequently taught in university courses. In 2007, it was named the 2nd most visually influential film of all time by the Visual Effects Society.

State Kosove and Johnson: “It would be a gross understatement to say that we are elated Ridley Scott will shepherd this iconic story into a new, exciting direction. We are huge fans of Ridley’s and of the original ‘Blade Runner.’ This is once in a lifetime project for us.”

Scott is represented by David Wirtschafter at WME and David Nochinson at Ziffren Brittenham.

Released by Warner Bros. almost 30 years ago, “Blade Runner” was adapted by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples from Philip K. Dick’s groundbreaking novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” and directed by Scott following his landmark “Alien.” The film was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Visual Effects, and Best Art Direction). Following the filming of “Blade Runner,” the first of Philip K. Dick’s works to be adapted into a film, many other of Dick’s works were likewise adapted, including “Total Recall,” “A Scanner Darkly,” “Minority Report,” “Paycheck,” and the recent “The Adjustment Bureau,” among others.