For a while now, a new movie set in the world of Blade Runner has been in the works, and it’s even got Ridley Scott on board to direct. However exactly what the film would be has been a bit nebulous, as we haven’t known if it would be a prequel or sequel, or if it would feature any of the characters from the first film.
Now we now that it will be a sequel and that Hampton Fancher, who was one of the man writers of the first film, is in talks to reunite with Ridley Scott to develop the idea for the screenplay for the film. The filmmakers have revealed only that the new story will take place some years after the first film concluded, with absolutely no plot details released.
Scott and Fancher originally conceived of their 1982 classic as the first in a series of films incorporating the themes and characters featured in Philip K. Dick’s groundbreaking novella, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which Blade Runner was adapted from. Circumstances, however, took Ridley Scott into other directions and the project never advanced.
Hampton Fancher, although a writer of fiction, was known primarily as an actor at the time Ridley Scott enlisted him to adapt the novel for the screen. Hampton Fancher followed his Blade Runner success with the screenplays, The Mighty Quinn (1989) and The Minus Man (1999). He has continued to write fiction throughout his career.
There’s still no news on when the movie might go into production, and knowing Scott it may take some time, as he won’t go forward until he feels it’s really worth making. (Source: Deadline)
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