Running time163 minutesCountryUnited StatesBudget$150–185 millionBox office$260.5 millionBlade Runner 2049 is a 2017 American directed by and written. A to the 1982 film, the film stars and, with, and in supporting roles. Ford and reprise their roles from the original. Set thirty years after the first film, Gosling plays K, a Nexus-9 'blade runner' who uncovers a secret that threatens to destabilize society and the course of civilization.

Original director served as an executive producer on the film.took place between July and November 2016, mainly in, Hungary. Blade Runner 2049 premiered in Los Angeles on October 3, 2017, and was released in the United States in 2D, 3D, and on October 6, 2017. The film was praised by critics for its performances, direction, cinematography, musical score, production design, visual effects, and faithfulness to the original film, and was considered by many critics to be among the best films of 2017. Despite positive reviews, the film was a box office disappointment, grossing $260 million worldwide against a production budget between $150–185 million.Blade Runner 2049 received five nominations at the, winning. It also received eight nominations at the, including, and won. Contents.Plot In 2049, known as are slaves., a replicant, works for the (LAPD) as a 'blade runner,' an officer who hunts and 'retires' (kills) rogue replicants.

At a protein farm, he retires and finds a box buried under a tree. The box contains the remains of a female replicant who died during a, demonstrating that replicants can reproduce biologically, previously thought impossible. K's superior, fears that this could lead to a war between humans and replicants. She orders K to find and retire the replicant child to hide the truth.K visits the headquarters of the Wallace Corporation, the successor to the defunct Tyrell Corporation in the manufacture of replicants. Wallace staff members identify the deceased female from DNA archives as, an experimental replicant designed. K learns of Rachael's romantic ties with former blade runner.

Wallace Corporation CEO wants to discover the secret to replicant reproduction to expand. He sends his replicant enforcer to steal Rachael's remains and follow K to Rachael's child.At Morton's farm, K sees the date 6-10-21 carved into the tree trunk and recognizes it from a childhood memory of a wooden toy horse. Because replicants' memories are artificial, K's girlfriend believes this is evidence that K was born, not created.

He searches LAPD records and discovers twins born on that date with identical DNA aside from the, but only the boy is listed as alive. K tracks the child to an orphanage in ruined but discovers the records from that year to be missing. K recognizes the orphanage from his memories and finds the toy horse where he remembers hiding it., a replicant memory designer, confirms that the memory of the orphanage is real, leading K to conclude that he is Rachael's son. At LAPD headquarters, K fails a post-traumatic baseline test, marking him as a rogue replicant; he lies to Joshi by implying he killed the replicant child.

The past will always find you. Watch the NEW #BladeRunner2049, in theaters October 6. Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling. Blade Runner 2049 is a 2017 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green.A sequel to the 1982 film Blade Runner, the film stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, with Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, and Jared Leto in supporting roles.

Joshi gives K 48 hours to disappear. At Joi's request, K reluctantly transfers her to a mobile emitter, an emanator, so he cannot be tracked through her console memory-files.

He has the toy horse analyzed, revealing traces of radiation that lead him to the ruins of. He finds Deckard, who reveals that he is the father of Rachael's child and that he scrambled the birth records to protect the child's identity; Deckard left the child in the custody of the replicant freedom movement.Luv kills Joshi and tracks K to Las Vegas.

She kidnaps Deckard, destroys Joi, and leaves K to die. The replicant freedom movement rescues K. When their leader, tells him that she helped deliver Rachael's child and that her child was actually a girl, K understands that he is not Rachael's child, deduces that Stelline is her daughter and that the memory of the toy horse is hers, one she implanted amongst those of other replicants whose memories she designed. To prevent Deckard from leading Wallace to Stelline or the freedom movement, Freysa asks K to kill Deckard for the greater good of all replicants.Luv takes Deckard to Wallace Corporation headquarters to meet Wallace. Wallace offers Deckard a clone of Rachael in exchange for revealing what he knows. Deckard refuses, and the clone is killed. As Luv transports Deckard to be tortured and interrogated off-world, K intercepts Luv's shuttle and tries to rescue Deckard.

He fights Luv and manages to drown her, but he is mortally wounded. He stages Deckard's death to protect him from Wallace and the replicant freedom movement before taking Deckard to Stelline's office and handing him her toy horse.

As K lies motionless on the steps, looking up at the snowing sky, Deckard enters the building and meets his daughter for the first time. as K. as. as Joi. as Luv. as Lt.

Joshi. as Mariette. as Dr. Ana Stelline. as Mister Cotton. as Sapper Morton.

Mischief 1985. as Niander Wallace. as Gaff. as Doc Badger.

as Freysa. as Coco. as Nandez. as Wallace Corporation file clerkArchival footage, audio and stills of from the original film are used to represent both her original character of Rachael and a clone of the character created by Niander Wallace. Young's likeness was superimposed onto Loren Peta, who was coached by Young on how to recreate her performance from the first film. The voice of the replicant was created with the use of a actress to Young. Young was credited for her work.Production Development On March 3, 2011, it was reported that, a production company financed by, was 'in final discussions to secure film, television and ancillary franchise rights to produce prequels and sequels to the iconic 1982 science-fiction thriller Blade Runner.'

The rights were being acquired from, who served as executive producer on the original film. It was also reported that month that was desired as director.On August 18, 2011, it was announced that, director of the original film, would direct and produce a new Blade Runner film, although work would not begin until at least 2013. Producer Andrew Kosove suggested that Harrison Ford, who had starred in the original film, was unlikely to be involved. Scott said the film was 'liable to be a sequel' but without the previous cast and that he was close to finding a writer. On February 6, 2012, Kosove stated: 'It is absolutely, patently false that there has been any discussion about Harrison Ford being in Blade Runner. To be clear, what we are trying to do with Ridley now is go through the painstaking process of trying to break the back of the story. The casting of the movie could not be further from our minds at this moment.'

When Scott was asked about the possibility of a sequel in October 2012, he said, 'It's not a rumor—it's happening. With Harrison Ford? I don't know yet. Is he too old? Well, he was a Nexus-6 so we don't know how long he can live. And that's all I'm going to say at this stage.'

Director Denis Villeneuve (at left) with the cast at 2017Scott said in November 2014 that he would not direct the film and would instead produce; that filming would begin in late 2014 or 2015, and that Ford's character would appear only in 'the third act' of the sequel. On February 26, 2015, the sequel was confirmed, with Denis Villeneuve as director. Ford was confirmed to return as Deckard; and Hampton Fancher, one of the two writers of the original film.

The film was expected to enter production in mid-2016. According to Scott, he co-wrote much of the script but went uncredited. Pre-production On April 16, 2015, Ryan Gosling entered negotiations for a role. Gosling confirmed in November 2015 that he had been cast, citing the involvement of Villeneuve and the cinematographer as factors for his decision; Deakins was hired as director of photography on May 20, 2015.

Principal photography was set to begin in July, with Warner Bros. Distributing the film domestically, and distributing internationally. On February 18, 2016, an official release date of January 12, 2018 was announced.On March 31, 2016, entered final negotiations for a role in the film, and on April 2, posted a picture of himself with an unicorn, hinting at a role in the film. Bautista and Wright were confirmed to be joining the cast on April 4, and a filming start date of July was established. In late April 2016, the film's release date was moved up to October 6, 2017, as well as and being added to the cast. Was cast in May 2016.

In June, and were cast, with, and joining in July. Was cast in the film in August; Villeneuve had hoped to cast, but Bowie died before production began. In March 2017, confirmed he was in the film in a sequence playing his original character,.Interviewed at the, Villeneuve said the plot would be ambiguous about whether Deckard was a replicant. In an interview, Villeneuve mentioned that the film is set a few decades after the original set in 2019.

It would again take place in, and the Earth's atmosphere would be different: 'The climate has gone berserk – the ocean, the rain, the snow is all toxic.' It was announced that Scott would be executive producer. During the 2009 Australian Dust StormIn a 2017 interview, Deakins said that the red dusty scenes of Las Vegas were directly inspired by images of the:With Las Vegas, wanted it to have the red dust.

We discussed it at length and we came up with these images of Sydney during the dust storm that they had a few years ago. There are these wonderful photos of the Sydney Opera House and it's covered with red dust. That formed the basis for Las Vegas.Costume designer produced costumes featuring inauthentic fur, painted cotton disguised as shearling, and breathing masks.

The was used as a filming location.Principal photography took place between July and November 2016, mainly at and Origo Studios in, Hungary. For the casino scenes, the old in Budapest's served as a.On August 25, 2016, a construction worker was killed while dismantling one of the film's sets at Origo Studios. Post-production Warner Bros. Announced in early October 2016 that the film would be titled Blade Runner 2049. Editing commenced in December in Los Angeles, with the intention of having the film being. At the 2017, Villeneuve said that the film would run for two hours and 32 minutes. There originally existed a four-hour early cut of the film that Villeneuve described 'quite strong' but also at times 'too self-indulgent'.

He prefers the shorter final version that he describes as 'more elegant' and which Ridley Scott still described as too long. Villeneuve says he won't show the four-hour cut to anyone. As with, cinematographer Roger Deakins created his own IMAX master of the film rather than using the proprietary 'DMR' process that IMAX usually uses with films not shot with IMAX cameras. Soundtrack. Main article:Blade Runner 2049 has received numerous awards and nominations. At the, it was nominated for five awards, winning.

At the, it received eight nominations, including, and won for. At the, it was nominated for seven awards, winning for.Future During the promotional tour for the 2015 film, Scott expressed interest in making additional Blade Runner films. In October 2017, Villeneuve said that he expected a third film would be made if 2049 was successful. Fancher, who wrote both films, said he was considering reviving an old story idea involving Deckard traveling to another country. Ford said that he would be open to returning if he liked the script. In January 2018, Scott stated that he had 'another story ready to evolve and be developed, that there is certainly one to be done for sure', referring to a third Blade Runner film.In January 2020, Villeneuve expressed interest in 'revisiting this universe in a different way,' making 'something disconnected from both other movies,' instead of a sequel. See also.Notes.

The first trailer for Denis Villeneuve‘s is now available. It’s not much in the way of plot (but boy is it atmospheric!); thankfully a new plot synopsis helps to clear things up a bit. It appears that Ryan Gosling‘s character, mysteriously named K, is chasing after a secret in a future world that’s even more of a dystopia than the one Harrison Ford‘s Deckard occupied 30 years earlier. The two ultimately cross paths in an unexpected way, as is revealed in this first teaser trailer. (You can get a closer look at the stunning scenes in.)Our first look at Villeneuve’s take on Blade Runner offers up a visual treat that’s one part foggy streets and silhouettes, and one part washed-out, yellow hellscape.

The cinematography works to showcase Villeneuve’s style while also paying homage back to Ridley Scott‘s original, conjuring up images of a future Los Angeles as well as the exotic locale of the Tyrell Corporation and its imposing headquarters. It’s a brief look that definitely has us wanting more.Scripted by Michael Green ( Logan, Alien: Covenant) and Hampton Fancher (the original Blade Runner) with cinematography by the Oscar-nominated Roger Deakins, the cast includes Mackenzie Davis, Jared Leto, Dave Bautista, Carla Juri, Barkhad Abdi, and Robin Wright. Blade Runner 2049 opens October 6, 2017.Check out the first trailer for Blade Runner 2049 below:Here’s the official synopsis from Alcon Entertainment: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.For more on all things Blade Runner, be sure to take a look at some recent write-ups below:.