While viewers from all over the world are waiting for her Napoleon, with Joaquin Phoenix as the French general who gave the title to the work, Ridley Scott returned to the conversation that he decided not to shoot a sequel Blade Runner a film released back in 1982 and still one of the most famous cult works of the seventh art. When Scott was asked to direct a sequel to the film, he had to turn it down because he was already busy filming. Alien: Covenant, which certainly would not have allowed him to attend two shootings, especially of this magnitude. In the end, therefore, the director left and was “hired” to take his place. Denis Villeneuve, what led to the movies blade runner 2049, great author’s sequel with the participation Ryan Gosling now in the room Barbie (here is our review). The film also stars Harrison Ford, who played his original role, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista and Jared Leto.
Ridley Scott’s thoughts on Blade Runner 2049
In a recent newspaper interview Empire, Ridley Scott he returned to talking about the sequel to one of his most famous films and his (almost obligatory) decision to pull out. Specifically, the director said:
“I have never had the opportunity to make such a choice. But I had to. And I had to do Blade Runner 2.
It should also be taken into account that Ridley Scott has been talking about a possible sequel for many years. Blade Runner. In numerous statements published over the years, he emphasized that there is still a lot to tell in this world, and that we just need to find a way to do it. To give this story the right voice. One of the most recent examples comes from 2018, when in an interview given digital spy He said:
“I think there is another story. I have another one ready to evolve and evolve. So there is a story that is bound to happen.”
This “second story” Blade Runner however, he could not direct it, but was “forced” to watch another director take the reins of his celluloid creation. In fact, many fans have said they are pleased with this directorial change given that Ridley Scott’s recent films have not been fully appreciated and many feared that if he directed a sequel, something disappointing would come out of it. something that couldn’t be to match the 1982 film.
Ridley Scott, however, has returned to the dystopian world he created from a story by Philip K. Dick: in fact, he turns out to be one of the producers blade runner 2099, an Amazon-branded series that has been pushed back to 2024, allegedly due to a strike by actors and writers. According to Scott, this new series will be inspired by a dystopian novel. new world, written by Aldous Huxley and becoming a cornerstone of the genre, it is a must-read for anyone who claims to be into dystopian science fiction. Jeremy Podeswa will direct the pilot episode of the series, which was announced last February. Who knows if this will not be a kind of revenge on Ridley Scott, who, however, once again will not sit in a chair. stage setting.