Green Lantern Writer To Pen Blade Runner Sequel 326
First time accepted submitter MovieEnthusiast writes "Alcon Entertainment, the production company that own the rights to Blade Runner, have announced that the Blade Runner sequel will be re-written by Michael Green (The Green Lantern) and hinted at other possible Blade Runner spin-offs. From the press release: 'Writer Michael Green is in negotiations to do a rewrite of Alcon Entertainment's "Blade Runner" sequel penned by Hampton Fancher ("Blade Runner," "The Minus Man," "The Mighty Quinn") and to be directed by Ridley Scott. Fancher's original story/screenplay is set some years after the first film concluded.
Alcon co-founders and co-Chief Executive Officers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove will produce with Bud Yorkin and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin, along with Ridley Scott. Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble, CEO's of Thunderbird Films, will serve as executive producers.
Green recently completed rewrites on "Robopocalypse" and Warners Bros "Gods and Kings."'"
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The only person that could write a sequel died in 1982. This will automatically be a steaming pile of shit.
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Wow, no, they are substantially different. As said below they have similar character names and a generally similar story at the highest levels, but the setting, overall plot, and details stray from there. Some themes are similar, some are not.
Book: The world is mostly depopulated as people have been leaving Earth for some time. There's a common thread amongst the people remaining of guilt over the harm humanity has caused to the planet, thus the religion around the VR experience of the guy getting stoned (the physical kind, being hit with thrown rocks, not the drug kind), there's an effort by people to protect what few animals there are left to where Deckard carefully saves a small spider in his apartment building. Androids are outlawed, however they've been breaking the rules so long that by the end of the story half the planet may be androids. It has themes of identity and technology's power to confuse the "nature" of humanity, as well as environmentalism and guilt. Deckard's quest is notable in that he becomes more alive as the story progresses. Most importantly, Deckard is *clearly* human. There is no pre-set lifespan on androids.
Movie: the world is heavily overpopulated and a total ruin, with a mixing and clashing of cultures and over-commercialism. The guilt element is gone, although the environmentalist aspect still remains. Androids are outlawed but there are very few on Earth at all. It still has the theme of questioning the nature of "humanity", but delves deeper into memories and their reality, as well as technology's ability to confuse real humanity and fake humanity, but the theme here is mostly highlighted with the ambiguous nature of Deckard, whether he is a replicant or a human. It's also highlighted in the fact that the replicants are the most "real" characters in the story, expressive, emotional, and ambitious in their journey, whereas the humans are more automatons; very monotone in their emotions. However there is a larger theme regarding mortality and the search for our maker that is entirely not present in the book at all. Roy Batty's quest in the movie is to find answers to his questions about life, and most importantly to find a way to overcome his mortality. He searches for his maker in order to find a way to extend his life, however his maker rebuffs him. He instead destroys his maker and contemplates and finally accepts his pending death. This is a signature Ridley Scott theme not present in the books, the journey for mankind to understand by searching for their creator, and to strive beyond the limitations set for him.
The movie basically takes the Phillip K Dick story and his central themes (dreams, the nature of humanity and reality), and mixes it with Ridley Scott themes (the search for a higher power, greater wisdom and understanding, overcoming mortality) along with social themes current at the time the movie was made (commercialism, environmentalism, overpopulation).