Summary
With another Ridley Scott franchise back in the headlines, executive producer Michael Green offers an exciting filming update onBlade Runner 2099. The upcoming Prime Video show serves as a sequel to both Scott’s original movie and Denis Villeneuve’sBlade Runner 2049, withShining Girlsalum Silka Luisa serving as creator and showrunner of the project, though plot details remain under wraps. Luisa has built a star-studdedcast forBlade Runner 2099, including Michelle Yeoh as a replicant near the end of her life, alongside Hunter Schafer, Dimitri Abold, Lewis Gribben, Katelyn Rose Downey and Daniel Rigby.
During a recent interview withThe Direct, Green, who co-wrote the script for2049with returning scribe Hampton Francher, offered a filming update onBlade Runner 2099’s filming. The executive producer praised Luisa’s work on the scripts and worldbuilding for the show,teasing that she’s “evolved” it and “made it bigger”, while also celebrating the footage he’s seen thus far for the sequel. See what Green shared below:
We’re filming now. Showrunner Silka Luisa has created an incredible show. I’ve seen dailies. They’re stunning. I’ve read the script. You know, they’ve seen the scripts. I am very excited for how she’s evolved the world and made it bigger. It’s a really impressive, intelligent, emotional story.
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Green’s tease of Luisa striving to both evolve and grow the world ofBlade Runnerwith the upcoming Prime Video show may initially come as an exciting note for fans of the sci-fi franchise, but also raises a concern about its overall future. While both the original movie andBlade Runner 2049are considered staples of the genre and have passionate fanbases,neither performed well at the box office, withVilleneuve’s sequel, in particular, being labeled one of the biggest box-office bombs ever. See how the two movies compare on Rotten Tomatoes and at the box office in the chart below:
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GivenBlade Runner 2099marks the third live-action effort in the franchise, the promise of a bigger world seems to point toward another expensive budget being given to the Prime Video show. While streaming platforms' recovery of their finances is different from theatrical releases, where movies need to make at least twice their budget to be profitable,many expensive titles have found themselves on the chopping block in recent years.Paramount+‘sHalois one of the more notable, with division from audiences keeping it from reaching the numbers it needed to match its budget that was reported to be as high as $400 million.
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Despite these concerns, though,Prime Video has gradually become a home for large-scale showsto become blockbuster hits, withFalloutbeing one of the more notable of recent. Given the franchise’s passionate fanbase,Blade Runner 2049could very well avoid the financial foibles of the past to become a streaming hit and set up future seasons of the show. Should Ridley Scott also come out with positive comments regarding the show, it would further bring in more potential viewers.
Source:The Direct
Blade Runner 2099
Blade Runner 2099 is a television series created for Prime Video and takes place fifty years after 2017’s Blade Runner 2049. Ridley Scott and Silka Luisa are executive producers of the series, with current plot details still under wraps.
