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Ridley Scott Confirms 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' Live-action Shows (inputmag.com) 37

While making the press rounds for his upcoming film, House of Gucci, iconic director Sir Ridley Scott revealed that both Blade Runner and Alien live-action television series are in the early stages of development. From a report: Speaking to the BBC news radio series, Today, Scott explained that his team has already written an initial pilot script for the former show, which would most likely air as a 10-episode run. Although the Alien series was first announced nearly a year ago as an FX on Hulu exclusive from showrunner Noah Hawley (Fargo and Legion), little has been heard of the project since then. Scott didn't tell much, but confirmed that the Alien series is still "being written for pilot," adding that Hawley and his crew "have to also write out the history, if it's eight hours or 10 hours, the bible of what happens in those 10 hours." A CGI anime set in the world of Agent K and Deckard in the year 2032, Blade Runner: Black Lotus, is currently airing on Adult Swim.
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Ridley Scott Confirms 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' Live-action Shows

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  • by 50000BTU_barbecue ( 588132 ) on Monday November 22, 2021 @01:52PM (#62010717) Journal

    Can we stop harvesting organs from decades-cold corpses and think of something new?

  • as long as they are musicals

  • Glad to hear that Ridley Scott has got off his high horse and decided to work with this excellent show as a journeyman writer. He'll need a bit more experience before they let him write any full episodes, of course.

  • by BishopBerkeley ( 734647 ) on Monday November 22, 2021 @02:20PM (#62010811) Journal

    Is there a deficit in violence in media that gory live action shows are filling?

    • There is a very high demand for shows that include violence. And humans require novelty so we need to keep making new shows, since watching the same ones over and over again won't satisfy. Fortunately, there is also a demand for romantic comedies or documentaries or whatever-it-is that you prefer that doesn't include violence, so this shouldn't be a threat to you.

      Why is there such a demand for violence? That would be because humans evolved to survive in a world where violence was a practical necessity.

  • I can't see how "Aliens" (which jumped the shark with "Aliens 3") can generate material for a TV series. Blade Runner, or something in the Blade Runner universe? Maybe (and with good writers, definitely.) Not so with the Aliens franchise.
    • With good writers and good producers, I can see something decent being made for both franchises. The problem these days is that either writers completely ignore the source material (see Foundation), or the producer feels the need to add a message, or cast a decidedly mono-racial group of characters as the United Colors of Benetton because reasons (see Wheel of Time). It’s rare for the director, producer as well as the writers to be humble enough to treat the source material with the respect it deserve
    • by Rhipf ( 525263 )

      There already is a TV show in the Blade Runner universe (Blade Runner: Black Lotus). I haven't watched it though so I have no idea if it is any good.

    • Given the random nonsense and bad acting of Prometheus and Alien:Covenant, Alien 3 actually starts looking pretty good. Even though it starts off as an utter dissappointment by wiping away the ending of Aliens in a swift broad stroke (I wonder if the writers of Terminator: Dark Fate were fans of Aliens 3...), it at least made reasonable use of the xenomorph concept and the writers had the decency to kill off the protagonist in a dignifying manner. Jump the shark it did, but the prequel creators obviously to

  • by Somervillain ( 4719341 ) on Monday November 22, 2021 @03:00PM (#62010931)
    I FUCKING LOVE Aliens. It's my all-time favorite movie. However, as much as it pains me to admit it, I don't see them being able to pull off a decent series out of this. The movie was awesome because James Cameron, at his very peak, made a great action film out of it. The actual core of Alien isn't very interesting...they're just giant bugs. They infest things. They have an awesome design and I LOVE the biomechanical aesthetic, but...you just have an interesting enemy with no depth...and maybe some cool space marines...but the fundamentals are not really there to tell a lot of stories other than cool badasses shooting scary bugs.

    I'd love to be wrong. I'd love to be surprised. However, the Alien franchise has been coasting off nostalgia since 1986. Some of the most talented names in cinema have worked on the franchise since then. I kept making excuses for them, but in the end, I think there's only so many interesting stories that can be told from giant insects eating people in space. I think the franchise may just have nothing left to explore.

    I'd watch a series about the colonial marines...make it an over-testosteroned version of Doctor Who and I'm all in. Make the Aliens a recurring enemy, like the Daleks, but one of many...that has the potential to be a franchise.

    However, I am skeptical bugs eating people in space as a franchise really has legs. How many seasons can you really get out of that?...again, hope I'm wrong, but I'll wager the issue with the Aliens franchise is the material, not fully the fault of the directors that came after James Cameron.
    • but the fundamentals are not really there to tell a lot of stories other than cool badasses shooting scary bugs.

      Would you like to know more?

    • > I think the franchise may just have nothing left to explore.

      Maybe. I was skeptical of Alien Isolation, but really liked the cassette futurism aesthetic. The corporate intrigue was predictable, though.

    • ... they're just giant bugs.

      No they're not. Remember, they cut the power.

  • What about a Klingon .. err, I mean Predator series?

  • ``Sir Ridley Scott revealed that both Blade Runner and Alien live-action cable television series.

    There.... fixed that.

  • by illogicalpremise ( 1720634 ) on Monday November 22, 2021 @04:31PM (#62011227)

    I can see it now:

    * Everybody is a lesbian (except Burke).
    * The first 20 episodes are all about Newt coping with trauma.
    * Nobody on the mission is older than 20 (except Burke).
    * Everyone keeps a video journal to discuss their feelings.
    * Bishop has magical powers.
    * The series starts with everybody dead and tells the story through random segments of past events.
    * Ripley is black (Burke is still white).
    * Turns out aliens are just misunderstood.
    * The alien queen turns out to be Burke in drag.

    Simple. I just saved Mr Scott about $5/hr on writers (none of whom will actually watch the original movies because they were made by Boomers).

  • by nagora ( 177841 ) on Monday November 22, 2021 @04:43PM (#62011267)

    Bladerunner is dead, leave it alone.

  • Really, itâ(TM)s very kind of you, Mr Ridley, we must decline. We donâ(TM)t want you to go out of your way just for us. Weâ(TM)re fine, thanks for asking. No, please, donâ(TM)t go to any trouble on our account.

  • I am excited..this is a great opportunity to really dive deep into finding out absolutely everything there is to know. I hope that there will be no mystery or intrigue left. Where did they get the cat? How did the cat get its name? Why did they choose to have Spaghetti that night? Was it pasta night or did they just love that dish? Who did do the dishes? Who mopped up the blood after the dishes? What is the alien's favourite song and does it ever secretly wish it was pretty?
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  • Where do you people find the time to watch all those series ?!? I can't watch one third of the movies I'd like to watch and I can't read on hundredth of all the book I'd like to read: life is too short for 8 seasons shows !!! Those things just drag on and on and even if you are a fan you can't honestly say that in most cases they wouldn't have been better as a 2 hour movie. To say nothing of all the series without proper ending.
  • Resurrecting the dead horse to beat it some more; a few dollars might still pour out.

  • And that is really the key. Are there good stories and good scripts to be told in these universes? One the one hand I would also agree with wanting more original shows with original ideas but that is no guarantee of anything being good nor is something being based on a previous film or concept a guarantee it will be bad (and let's be honest, most new productions for film or TV are unlikely to be wholly original. If they were not films or shows already they are very likely to be books or comics)

    Case in po

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