Blade Runner 2099 collection is a go at Amazon Studios. As per Selection, the studio has formally greenlit a sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, with showrunner Silka Luisa (Shining Women) on the helm. Because the title signifies, the present might be set 50 years after Rick Deckard’s “freedom,” and might be government produced by Ridley Scott — director of the unique 1982 movie. The information comes almost a yr after Scott’s announcement that he was engaged on a 10-episode collection. At present, there isn’t a launch window for Blade Runner 2099.
On the time, Selection reported that Scott had a pilot prepared for the collection, alongside plans for an Alien TV adaptation. “The unique Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, is taken into account one of many best and most influential science-fiction films of all time, and we’re excited to introduce Blade Runner 2099 to our international Prime Video clients,” mentioned Vernon Sanders, head of worldwide tv for Amazon Studios, in a press release to Selection. Michael Inexperienced, who co-wrote 2017’s Blade Runner 2049, may even government produce the present.
Primarily based on Philip Okay. Dick’s novel, “Do Androids Dream of Electrical Sheep?,” the Blade Runner universe is about in a dystopian Los Angeles, wherein bio-engineered, artificial people often known as Replicants, work on area colonies. The 1982 movie sees a bunch of fugitive androids tunnelling again to Earth and creating havoc, forcing a reluctant cop Deckard (Harrison Ford) to hunt them down, and in the end perceive their nature.
Villeneuve’s 2017 entry expanded on this concept, by presenting the story via the lens of a Replicant cop, Okay, performed by Ryan Gosling. Regardless of receiving vital acclaim, the movie was a business field workplace failure, grossing $260.5 million (about Rs. 2,079 crore) worldwide — in opposition to a manufacturing price range of $180 million (about Rs. 1,436 crore). Scott, who produced the sequel, attributed Blade Runner 2049’s underperformance to its 163-minute-long runtime, claiming it was too gradual and artsy.
“We’re delighted to proceed our working relationship with our buddies at Amazon. And we’re past excited to proceed to increase the Blade Runner canon into a brand new realm with the provocative storyline that Silka has created,” mentioned Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, co-founders of Alcon Leisure — Blade Runner 2099’s manufacturing firm. At present, there isn’t a phrase on casting particulars or administrators for the Prime Video collection.
The announcement follows the premiere of 2021’s Blade Runner: Black Lotus, a CGI anime collection set within the yr 2032. The collection obtained typically beneficial evaluations, while being critiqued for its heavy disconnection from the themes and universe of Blade Runner.
