Fans of BLADE RUNNER, the first teaser image from Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner sequel has been released, giving us an early glimpse of the currently untitled sci-fi follow-up. Take a look at the image above.
There is not a lot that can be revealed from the new still, as it doesn’t give all that much away. The film’s plot is shrouded in secrecy and we’re still none the wiser as to whether or not Harrison Ford’s Rick Deckard, who’ll be making a return in the new film, is a replicant or not – or, for that matter, on whether or not replicants can age conventionally.
Ridley Scott’s 1982 original is seen by many as a sci-fi classic and from what we can see in the image, the new sequel looks to be in keeping with the original in Villeneuve’s new movie.
Principal photography is scheduled to begin this month and it will be released by Warner Bros. in North America and Sony Pictures Releasing International will distribute in all media for all overseas territories.
The sequel is set several decades after the 1982 original, with Harrison Ford reprising his iconic role as Rick Deckard. The film is written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, and succeeds the initial story by Fancher and David Peoples based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
Joining Ford onscreen will be Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Carla Juri, Mackenzie Davis, Barkhad Abdi and Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian and Hiam Abbass.
Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble, CEO’s of Thunderbird Films, will serve as executive producers. Ridley Scott will also executive produce. Bill Carraro will executive produce.
