What happened in the 30 years between the Blade Runner films?
Ahead of October’s Blade Runner 2049, director Denis Villeneuve has enlisted the help of other filmmakers to direct three prequel shorts that will be set between the events of the original Blade Runner and his sequel. The first one, directed by Luke Scott, has arrived.
The short, titled 2036: Nexus Dawn, takes place in the year 2036, and centers on Jared Leto’s character, Niander Wallace. In the short, Wallace introduces a new line of “perfected” replicants called the Nexus 9, seeking to get the 2023 prohibition on replicants repealed. You can watch it below.
Blade Runner was set in 2019, while the new film is set in 2049.
In Blade Runner 2049…
“Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.”
The cast also includes Jared Leto, Robin Wright, Dave Bautista, Ana de Armas, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Sylvia Hoeks, and Barkhad Abdi.
Hampton Fancher and Michael Green wrote the script.
Blade Runner 2049 arrives on October 6, 2017.
