A huge announcement from Emerald City Comicon! Edward James Olmos will be appearing on Friday, March 30th only at the Seattle event.
Science fiction fans know Olmos as Commander Adama in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica and Gaff in Blade Runner. Olmos was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Stand and Deliver and an Emmy for his role on Miami Vice and recently joined Dexter.
This is a reason to cheer! “So Say We All!”
Has Ridley Scott revealed the link between Prometheus and Alien. Fans speculated that Prometheus started as a possible sequel or prequel to Alien. The famous director and others have commented that the new film has the DNA of Alien. Scott gave an interview with a Hungarian news outlet that has now been picked up by Coming Soon via AVP Galaxy comes this translation.
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Ridley Scott gives the connection between the two films and reveals the role played by Guy Pearce. It was revealed that Charlize Theron would play a corporate officer. Now we may know her boss.
“When the first Alien movie and Blade Runner were made, I thought that in the near future the world will be owned by large companies. This is why we have the Tyrell Corporation in Blade Runner, and Weyland-Yutani in Alien. They sent the Nostromo spaceship,” Scott said.
“The Prometheus is owned by an entrepreneur called Peter Weyland, and is played by Guy Pearce. That’s the connection between the two films, and nothing more. Prometheus is a new film, a new world, and is full of new ideas. And of course new monsters as well,” Scott continued.
Any update on this exciting project is cool news. This could be an early clue about how Ridley Scott will approach a new film set in the Blade Runner world.
What do you think of this reveal?
Alcon Entertainment denies reports of Harrison Ford joining their new Blade Runner film. Sites were buzzing with the rumor that Ford was in early talks to reprise his role as replicant ‘retirement’ specialist Rick Deckard for director Ridley Scott.
“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, figure out the direction we’re going to take the movie and find a writer to work on it. The casting of the movie could not be further from our minds at this moment,” said Andrew Kosove.
Asked if Ford could re-appear, Kosove says “In advance of knowing what we’re going to do, I supposed you could say yes, he could. But I think it is quite unlikely.” He goes on to say “What Ridley does in Prometheus is a good template for what we’re trying to do. He created something that has some association to the original Alien, but lives on its own as a standalone movie.”
Thanks to Deadline for the update.
A friend asked me what kind of new Blade Runner film I wanted to see. It would be fascinating to see the development of the Tyrell Corporation, the replicants and formation of the Blade Runner units.
The unthinkable is happening again. Ridley Scott revolutionized the science fiction genre with Alien and Blade Runner. The countdown is on for Prometheus, the sequel that evolved into something new with Alien DNA. The cast is entirely new. Scott committed to a new film set in the Blade Runner universe – will Harrison Ford be joining him?
Twitchfilm reports that “Harrison Ford has entered early talks to join the new Blade Runner. While it is in the early stages and it is quite possible that it won’t work out…”
Harrison Ford played Rick Deckard, a Blade Runner, a special police officer charged with “retiring” replicants – artificial beings. If Ford is involved can he still play Deckard given the ending/themes of the first film? I don’t want to spoil it for anyone so that’s all I will say.
Boom Studios publishes beautiful a graphic novel version of the Phillip K. Dick story”Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep” the basis for Blade Runner.
For the fascinated fan – here’s two recommendations from this obsessive fan!
Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner is a compelling behind the scenes story of how this influential Science Fiction classic was made.
Blade Runner: The 5 Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition features all versions of the film and rich documentaries.
Thanks to Dark Horizons for the story.