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Wow: Ridley Scott To Follow ‘Prometheus’ With ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel > The Playlist

Deadline report that Scott has signed on to direct and produce another film in the “Blade Runner” universe, although it’s unclear whether he’s planning a sequel, a prequel, or, like “Prometheus,” something else entirely. After “Cowboys & Aliens,” Harrison Ford could certainly do with a return to one of his best-known roles, although anyone who’s seen the Director’s Cut of the original knows that there may be certain… limitations about that possibility. Also, Sean Young is still bat**** crazy.
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Ridley Scott: Desperate?
 
Guillermo Del Toro Says Alfonso Cuar?n’s Plans For ‘Gravity’ Are 5 Years Ahead Of Its Time > The Playlist

The director/producer recently sat down with MTV during rounds for “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark” and teased about the epic scope of his friend’s film. Revealing that he put Cuar?n in touch with James Cameron regarding some of the technical aspects of the film, he said, “Jim said, well you know, look, you’re about five years into the future. When Jim said that it’s too early to try anything that crazy, they did it [anyway].” Del Toro goes to hint that Cuar?n and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki have come up with their own tools and equipment to facilitate the shoot, but of course he can’t quite talk about what the filmmakers are doing that will push envelope—though he does hint we’ll soon find out.

”[They’re] absolutely pushing a new boundary in filmmaking, completely mindblowing. And the way they’re making that movie will, I think, forever change certain types of productions,” Del Toro enthused. “I’m amazed at Alfonso the past few movies because he’s completely transformed himself. [‘Gravity’ is] incredibly well-calculated. Very human, if you know the story,” he also added. So then, here’s the plot: The film is an ambitious, mostly one-character piece set on a remote space station. During an expedition outside the station, only the team leader (Clooney) and his female colleague (Bullock) are left alive after an exploding satellite kills the other members of the crew, setting off a desperate race home for the latter to get to her child.
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Really glad to hear this. After having so many actors and actresses sign on and then drop out, I was worried about it.
 
adgy-san said:
Wow: Ridley Scott To Follow ‘Prometheus’ With ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel > The Playlist


Ridley Scott: Desperate?
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good grief! if he MUST do it, make it a five-minute short that runs on the Sc-Fi Channel (or whatever they call it now) that just explains what happeneD with Deckard and Rachel, and Gaff.

...and for God's sake, please just EXPLAIN what happened without having to show any of them... Harrison Ford in particular - i don't think i can take any more of him.
 
Ridley Scott to Direct New BLADE RUNNER Movie

[Update #2] Alcon Entertainment producer Andrew Kosgrove recently gave his two-cents on the project in a discussion with 24 Frames and said that the soonest he could envision shooting beginning is 2013, which gives Scott 18 months to hire a writer, get the script written, cast the film and work on pre-production. This also means that Scott feasibly has time to direct another project between Prometheus and the new Blade Runner film. This means that the earliest we could see the film hit screens is probably 2014. Kosgrove was also asked whether or not the new film would include Harrison Ford, to which he replied:

“In no way do I speak for Ridley Scott, but if you’re asking me will this movie have anything to do with Harrison Ford, the answer is no. This is a total reinvention, and in my mind that means doing everything fresh, including casting.”

Kosgrove said the film will be created “as separately as possible” from Scott’s original film, and this would be “wholly original.” Although he didn’t confirm whether that meant a prequel or sequel with different characters, a reboot, or something with the original film’s DNA a la Prometheus.
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That should settle some nerves...
 
A Blade Runner sequel? :think:

Well, we already got a sidequel, Soldier. mhihi:

What's next Scott? A Legend prequel?
 
Oh, sweet Jesus. Just saw it and came here to see if it has been noticed. Really, I think there should be more panic. You know the "Slapshot" re-make is next. With Tom Cruise as Reg and Dane Cook as Denis Lemieux.
 


Trailer For Steampunk Noir Drama

A new teaser trailer for the very dark upcoming steampunk/noir drama, Thelomeris, has been released online.

The movie, which is directed by 28?year-old Hungarian Balazs Hatvani in his feature debut, stars Mark Hamill (Star Wars, Batman fan?favorite voice of the Joker), James Purefoy (Rome, A Knight?s Tale), Lance Henriksen (Aliens, The Terminator), and DJ Qualls (Road Trip, Hustle & Flow).

Continue reading to read a synopsis for the movie and check out the teaser trailer now!



Here?s the rather lengthy synopsis from Wiki?it?s unknown if this is a 100% accurate outline, but it seems legit.

SYNOPSIS


Dark clouds are crowding in the sky above the endless metropolis. This is Thelomeris, the city of cogwheels and clocks.

The citizens are living their lives in order to operate the clock factory and make it work as effectively as possible and create more energy for making even more clockworks. No one knows who established the city and why, or how long it has existed. Its ancient bordering walls and looming skyscrapers are reaching for the sky silently. Enormous metal cogs are working at the heart of the clock factory, as it casts dark shadows onto the city.

The biggest and most influential man of Thelomeris, MAN1, is the owner of the clock factory too. His job is to operate the factory as effectively as he can while grabbing all opportunities to study time and get as close to understanding it as possible. He is a mysterious and scary man, who leads his company with fearless determination, knowing that even his investors are scared of him, thinking that he has no emotions what so ever. There is only one person who can fill this empty heart with warmth. This is his wife, who with love and care tries to convince MAN1 to close down the factory, before they risk losing everything, including each other. But just before he is able to make the decision over the clock factory his wife suddenly becomes sick. No one knows what the cause of the secret disease is, and all his powers seem to be too scant to help. There is only one chance remaining: to play out time and go against it; change the course of time and in this way, change his wife?s destiny.

There seems to be only one mysterious person, ?Stranger? (Hamill) who offers a solution to eluding fate. But fate isn?t something to be played with?
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Nice Sin City meets Dark City groove going on here...
 


This short is a triumph. I?m making a note here: Huge Success!
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Like anybody who has picked up a controller in the last 10 years I love me some Portal.

Young filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg, also known as host of The Totally Rad Show, has made a Portal fan film that is sweeping the internet after playing to ecstatic crowds at Comic-Con. The impressive thing about this short is that it shows just how amazing an action scene can look like if a Portal film was ever attempted.

Can you imagine if a higher budget CUBE-like Portal film was attempted? Of course, GLaDOS would have to be involved, but I think studios would be surprised just how much fertile dark humor/action is there to adapt into a feature film version.

If nothing else, Trachtenberg?s short shows that the iconography of the game can be adapted in the film medium to great results. I?d love it if this ended up snowballing into a real deal Portal movie. If that happens then I promise to give whichever studio exec greenlights the movie a nice piece of cake.
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The Next Big Names in Science Fiction Movie-Making

There's no shortage of praise for Ridley Scott, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg and the rest of Hollywood's science fiction and fantasy titans. But who are the next generation of myth-makers? Who should you be keeping an eye on? Who will make the genre-defining movies that everyone else will feverishly race to copy?

Here's our list of Hollywood's up-and-coming science fiction and fantasy movie-makers.
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Interesting that JJ Abrams is nowhere to be found on the list...
 
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