Thursday, August 18, 2011

Replicating Success: Ridley Redux...times two!

Incredibly, director Ridley Scott has committed to directing another installment of Blade Runner. Prequel? Sequel? Ford? No Ford? Nobody knows. But this certainly bodes well for Sir Ridley's current experience revisiting the world he created in Alien for his new film Prometheus, due next summer. He must feel good going back to the well, if he's signing up this soon to revisit his other sci-fi classic.

That we'd get another Alien movie from The Man seemed miracle enough. But since Alcon Entertainment acquired the rights to the Blade Runner property and has actually wooed him, the involvement of Scott takes this into a whole new realm.

This feels like the biggest news since PJ announced there's be Hobbit movies. Hard not to get a little excited, no?

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