The 1982 classic sci0fi film "Blade Runner" may be getting a prequel via a series of webisodes overseen by Ridley Scott himself.
The New York Times has an article announcing that a new division of Ridley Scott's commercials company, RSA Films, has started development on a video series called "Purefold." The series of linked 5- to 10-minute shorts will first debut on the web and will be set at a point in time before 2019, which is when "Blade Runner" takes place. Unfortunately, since The Halycon Company owns the rights to Philip K. Dick's entire estate, this video series will only be "inspired" by "Blade Runner" and its themes.
"We don't take any of the canon or copyrighted assets from the movie," said David Bausola, the founding partner of Ag8, the independent studio which is developing the project. "It's actually based on the same themes as 'Blade Runner.' It's the search for what it means to be human and understanding the notion of empathy." The series will debut later this summer and the first episodes will depict events about two years into the future. From there, Ag8 will take actual story input from its viewers in conjunction with the Web site FriendFeed.
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I'll definitely be checking this out once it is released just because I am a big fan of "Blade Runner." How about you?
More news to come! Catch ya' later!
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