Blade Runner co-writer Hampton Fancher revealed at San Diego Comic Con that a sequel to the 1982 original was on the table as far back as a year after the initial release.
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Speaking with Collider Fancher explained that within a year Ridley Scott and himself were indeed talking about a sequel but unfortunately for us they came up against legal problems which halted a follow-up.
“When we finished the first one, within a year we were talking about a second one. Ridley called, I was in New York and I went out to LA, and we batted stories around. Nothing came of it because of legal problems”.
Fancher, who also co-wrote this year’s sequel starring Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling, went on to reveal his vision for the sequel some 35 years ago and it included sending Ford’s Deckard to Moscow in the midst of the Cold War of the 80’s.
“I guess because I was reading in the newspapers, I thought Deckard had come to bad circumstances–he was nowhere–and he got assigned a Blade Runner job in Moscow, and it was all Russian, and cold, and snow … John le Carré, you know? That’s what I was thinking of. I remember telling Ridley that, “Harrison in Moscow!” Just that’s a good thing, right? And he said: shrugs: and nothing came of it”
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Blade Runner 2049 hits cinemas on October 6th and sees Harrison Ford and Edward James Olmos return all these years later. Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas (Knock Knock), Robin Wright (Wonder Woman), Mackenzie Davis (The Martian) Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2), Lennie James (The Walking Dead) and Jared Leto (Suicide Squad) also join Scott’s sequel.
