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PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 4:46 pm    Post subject: Blade Runner sequel news: Ridley to direct, script rewrite Reply with quote

Michael Green to rewrite Hampton Fancher's script. Well at least it isn't Damon Lindelhof.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/alcon-ridley-scott-announce-theyve-hired-michael-green-to-script-blade-runner-sequel/


LOS ANGELES, CA, MAY 31, 2013, 3:30 pm, EST—Writer Michael Green is in negotiations to do a rewrite of Alcon Entertainment’s “Blade Runner” sequel penned by Hampton Fancher (“Blade Runner,” “The Minus Man,” “The Mighty Quinn”) and to be directed by Ridley Scott. Fancher’s original story/screenplay is set some years after the first film concluded.

Alcon co-founders and co-Chief Executive Officers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove will produce with Bud Yorkin and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin, along with Ridley Scott. Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble, CEO’s of Thunderbird Films, will serve as executive producers.

Green recently completed rewrites on “Robopocalypse” and Warners Bros “Gods and Kings.”

Alcon and Yorkin previously announced that they are partnering to produce “Blade Runner” theatrical sequels and prequels, in addition to all television and interactive productions.

The original film, which has been singled out as the greatest science-fiction film of all time by a majority of genre publications, was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1993 and is frequently taught in university courses. In 2007, it was named the 2nd most visually influential film of all time by the Visual Effects Society.

Released by Warner Bros. almost 30 years ago, “Blade Runner” was adapted by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples from Philip K. Dick’s groundbreaking novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” and directed by Scott following his landmark “Alien.” The film was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Visual Effects, and Best Art Direction). Following the filming of “Blade Runner,” the first of Philip K. Dick’s works to be adapted into a film, many other of Dick’s works were likewise adapted, including “Total Recall,” “A Scanner Darkly,” “Minority Report,” “Paycheck,” and the recent “The Adjustment Bureau,” among others.
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PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually I missed the most significant thing: Michael Green was one of the writers of the 2011 "Green Lantern" movie. Which was terrible. Shocked
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PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just because someone's a famous screenwriter, doesn't mean they're any good....

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PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He did also write one episode of "Sex In The City".....
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PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TFS Karl This is good news knowing that something is moving on the BR sequel. Sure he wrote The Green Lantern, but here he has Hampton script to work with...let's see where it'll lead us.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe the sequel will take place on the Off World Colonies. A new life awaits you on the Off World Colonies. Let's go! To the Colonies.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, maybe the Alien/BR cross-over will happen on that one Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Considering the huge deception Prometheus was for me, I'm not sure I'm going to take this as good news...................

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