Well, that was fast! Yesterday we reported that the rights to 1982’s Blade Runner went to Alcon Entertainment, and today, we’re here to share some new details about the whole thing.
So, we know that there will be prequels and sequels to Ridley Scott‘s sci-fi masterpiece, but we also learned that Broderick Johnson and Andrew A. Kosove are overseeing the project, and of course – that it’s too early to talk about the possible director. But, is it?
In an interview with io9, Alcon producer Andrew Kosove was asked who his “pie in the sky” dream director for a prequel would be. Any thoughts? Well, yes, he’s talking about Christopher Nolan, although it looks that Scott’s return is not out of the question. Here’s what Kosove said:
“Our friend Christopher Nolan who we did Insomnia with would be the pie in the sky for us. To be clear I think what Christopher Nolan did – and to be clear, we cannot remake Blade Runner. As a legal matter, we have not bought the remake rights we have no interest in remaking it we can only do prequels or sequels.
But I think the methodology that Christopher Nolan brought to Batman is precisely what we aspire to whomever the filmmaker is, whether Ridley Scott comes back and joins us or it’s someone else. It’s precisely what we aspire to with Blade Runner, that’s the template for us.”
Ok, it’s logical they want Nolan, but we’re interested to hear something about the possible involvement of Ridley Scott. Kosove replied:
“The answer to that question is as follows. I’m going to answer it very briefly – we won’t say if we’ve reached out to Ridley Scott or not, but what we will say is that Ridley Scott’s blessing to what we’re doing is very important to Alcon.
It’s important to Bud Yorkin, and certainly we have the greatest degree of respect to him as a filmmaker. He’s one of the greatest living directors and one of the greatest directors of all time. So of course he’s very important.”
Let us also remind you that Alcon’s franchise rights would be all-inclusive, but exclude rights to remake the original. The Company, however, may produce projects based on situations introduced in the original film.
The original movie was adapted by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples from Philip K. Dick‘s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and directed by Ridley Scott following his landmark Alien.
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Visual Effects, and Best Art Direction).
Let us know what you think about this news, and stay tuned!
