Summary Ridley Scott provides an update on the upcoming Blade Runner television series, comparing it to the classic novel Brave New World.
Blade Runner 2099 is set to take place 50 years after Blade Runner 2049, which saw Harrison Ford and Edward James Olmos return.
The show, delayed due to the writers strike, will draw inspiration from Brave New World, adding excitement to its potential.
Ridley Scott gives an exciting update on the upcoming Blade Runner television series, making a reference to a classic novel. Scott first welcomed movie audiences into the Blade Runner universe in 1982, directing the seminal sci-fi film, with Hampton Fancher and David Peoples adapting the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Blade Runner ultimately became the first of a franchise, which includes Denis Villeneuve’s 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049, a trilogy of shorts, and an animated series titled Blade Runner: Black Lotus. In late 2022, it was announced that a live-action Blade Runner show was in the works by Amazon.
In an interview with Deadline, Scott gave an update on the Blade Runner 2049 sequel show Blade Runner 2099. Scott mentions that he’s a producer on the show and compares it to the 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Brave New World, which is regarded as one of the best English novels, takes place largely in a futuristic World State where citizens have been environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy. Scott’s quote is below:
“I’m one of the producers. It’s all set years on. To me, it circles the idea of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.”
What To Know About Blade Runner 2099
Blade Runner 2099 is expected to take place 50 years after the Blade Runner movie sequel, Blade Runner 2049. That film starred Ryan Gosling in the role of a replicant blade runner that uncovers a secret that threatens to destabilize society. Harrison Ford and James Olmos reprised their roles from the 1982 film, with the cast also including Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista, and Jared Leto.
Scott, as he mentions in his comments, is an executive producer on the upcoming show. Silka Luisa, showrunner of the Elisabeth Moss thriller limited Shining Girls, is writing and executive producing as well. Four-time Emmy nominee, Jeremy Podeswa, known for his work on Game of Thrones, is directing the pilot. Casting details are currently unknown.
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Blade Runner 2099 has been delayed due to the ongoing writers strike. The project had been due to begin filming at Northern Ireland’s Belfast Harbour Studios, but recent reports indicated that filming could be pushed back until the spring of 2024. Still, with this latest update from Scott, it’s confirmed that the show will be getting some inspiration from a heavily influential sci-fi novel. That makes the show’s potential more exciting once it does begin to move forward.
Source: Deadline