Thursday, October 2, 2008

Blade Runner 2

Blade Runner came out in 1982, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford. It is based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. It is about Rick Deckard, a Blade Runner, a police man of the future who hunts down and terminates replicants, artificially created humans.The year is 2019, and the world is a techno-crazed image of LA.

The movie is heralded as one of the greatest science fiction films ever made and is #103 of the top 250 movies on IMDB.
It has been 26 years since the movie was released, and the film has been rereleased many time with new cuts of the film. Now, writers from the movie Eagle Eye are hoping to make a sequel.

Judao got the scoop on Blade Runner 2.

"It’s true, folks! Hot source on the project states that Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner sequel is in the works under the command of veteran producer Bud Yorkin. Top screenwriters John Glenn and Travis Wright (Eagle Eye) are working on several treatments since 2006 and the current status of the story is classified, but Yorkin is in touch with previsualization team The Third Floor (all former Star Wars special effects team members) in order to work on some of the hunter sequences and space battles which occur in off-world colonies where the sequel is most likely to take place. Blade Runner II is still away from its conclusion, but it’s evolving.

Previs seems to be a vital part of the process now that the crew will be able to fix problems and reduce the need of reshoots which were a drag on the first version. If it will good or bad, only time will tell. Yorkin already mentioned that if the green light is given, he’ll bring back stars Harrison Ford, Hutger Hauer and Daryl Hannah."

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