Fans have been waiting patiently for a mere 30 years now for director Ridley Scott to return to the sci-fi genre, and the wait will finally be over with the release of Prometheus this week. As if one Alien-connected return to the genre wasn’t enough, Scott is also developing a sequel to his 1982 classic Blade Runner. We know that the follow-up takes place “some years after the first film” and it was recently announced that the original pic’s writer, Hampton Fancher, has been brought on develop and write the sequel for Scott to direct.
Steve recently sat down with Scott to talk about Prometheus, but the director also shared a ridiculously exciting gift regarding the Blade Runner sequel: he described a full scene. In order to give us an idea of the visual style he’s planning for the follow-up, Scott took the opportunity to map out a scene from the project that could easily serve as the opening to the film. Hit the jump for more.
Steve began by asking Scott if he has already begun thinking about the visuals for the Blade Runner sequel, to which the director replied in the affirmative. Scott then proceeded to describe a scene from the in development project:
“There’ll be a vast farmland where there are no hedges or anything in sight, and it’s flat like the plains of—where’s the Great Plains in America? Kansas, where you can see for miles. And it’s dirt, but it’s being raked. On the horizon is a combine harvester which is futuristic with klieg lights, ‘cause it’s dawn. The harvester is as big as six houses. In the foreground is a small white clapboard hut with a porch as if it was from Grapes of Wrath. From the right comes a car, coming in about six feet off the ground being chased by a dog. And that’s the end of it, I’m not gonna tell you anything else.”
So, yeah, that happened. Scott is known for crafting some truly gorgeous visuals, and this scene from the Blade Runner sequel appears to be no exception. It’s important to note that the project is still in the early stages of development, so this scene could be vastly different or entirely scrapped when the actual film comes together, but given the nature of the scene and how detailed Scott was about it, I wouldn’t be shocked if this is the in-development opening sequence.
I highly encourage you to actually watch Scott describe the scene in the video below, as he paints a truly vivid picture and almost puts you on the edge of your seat. Look for Steve’s full interview with the filmmaker on the site very soon.
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That scene Sir Ridley Scott describe isn’t new. It’s comes right out of the early concept for the opening of the 1st Blade Runner movie. If you listen to the commentary on the Ultimate Blade Runner movie set. That setup was on a farm too. Check it out. You get the same thing he’s talking about there.
Paul, yea exactly. It had storyboards and everything. Come on Adam, get your s**t together. You interview Ridely Scott about Prometheus and Blade Runner and don’t even know that??!!
Sorry – I meant Steve! My apologies Adam.
But Adam wrote up the story so yea Adam too! ha ha…
Yeah, clearly not much research done into the development of the original but if they are starting off by using some unused material of the 1st film that’s cool, and I did not know Hamton Fancher was getting involved, hopefully the script will be better than Prometheus, which, though an excellent film, had some duff characters and cringe-inducing dialogue bits at times
The farm idea sound like one of Fancher’s original scenes for the 1982 Blade Runner before script revisions.
That scene sounds like the version Paul Visor came up with in the extras of the Special Edition DVD version back when it was released last year
Nah I don’t know wtf i just said. Just wanted to be apart of something
Sooo….. is this the only question he asked him? I feel like there’s more to this interview…
Look for Steve’s full interview with the filmmaker on the site very soon.
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I think the scene involves a pot
A big pot filled with boiling water
And an Android/farmer stirring the boiling water in the big pot
and Decker, according to the original concept thats been mentioned here, walks in and sees the Android/farmer inside
He shoots the farmer, and removes his ID chip from his jaw, I believe
then leaves, as a dog barks at his ascending car
Did I get it right?
I hope the whole movie isn’t in Kansas. Where are the dystopian megalopolis cityscapes? The enormous Atari and Pan-Am logos? And the enormous blimps featuring images of geishas staring ominously down at us?
Even RoboGeisha wasn’t ominous. Are you scared of girls?
I love Sir Ridley. We need more cowbells!
I think describing a scene cut from the original script is Mr. Scott’s way of answering-but-not-answering the question, just in a way that’s more unique than most directors do when describing an in-the-works project. Really, anything he described at this early stage, even if it’s in the shooting script, could be cut from the eventual movie. At least this is a more formed idea since it’s been present in his head since 1982.
He needs to cast Harrison Ford in this or else not do it. JMO.
Harrison is tooooo old for this.
He’s such a Great Actor, who cares if there are less stunts due to his age. There are other ways to create plot tension.
Don’t get me wrong. I love the Harrison Ford who played Frantic, Indy and Han. But since the Crystal Skull and Aliens Vs Cowboys, I was a bit disappointed. He has no longer this sweet bitterness that made his charm. Or it doesn’t work at 70.
He hasn’t aged very well alas.
Just my opinion of course.
This is not a “new” reveal… as other commentators here have said, this is a cut scene concept from the original Blade Runner movie.
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Can’t wait for the movie to come out. My mock soundtrack is at BladeRunnerII.com
I can’t wait…I mean that literally. I wish I hadn’t heard about a sequel, then I would be surprised. Now my life is on hold….waiting………This project needs to become his IMMEDIATE PRIORITY.
I hope Vangelis remake the soundtrack, the band’s still alive! Music in Blade Runner takes my breath away everytime.