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The sequel to 'Blade Runner’ he comes in October to bear the burden of a great inheritance.
Every March the heads of the film industry gather in Las Vegas for CinemaCon, a conference that highlights the latest developments in technology and showcases some of the year's most anticipated films from major film studios. The sequel to 'Blade Runner’ by Denis Villeneuve (‘Arrival’) was one of the hottest titles and CinemaCon audiences, confirmed the rumours.
Tom Rothman, executive producer of Sony Pictures, and Ryan Gosling was at the presentation of 'Blade Runner 2049', which according to Rothman will 'expand the mythology in an amazing way', while adding that the script is so good that it was the reason for Villeneuve's involvement and that the last time he saw Gosling was on a huge set on a cold night in Budapest (the film was entirely shot there) where huge buckets of water, they bathed him.
Gosling, who was only two years old when the original film was released, commented that it was so surreal to walk through the 'Blade Runner' universe. The craftsmanship of this film is truly on another level. Every location was real, every scene was real, every item was functional. It was a fully functioning, breathing world. And in the end it made our job very easy to focus on the inner world of these characters, because like the surroundings they were so rich and detailed'.
The sequel to 'Blade Runner’ he comes in October to bear the burden of a great inheritance.
Every March the heads of the film industry gather in Las Vegas for CinemaCon, a conference that highlights the latest developments in technology and showcases some of the year's most anticipated films from major film studios. The sequel to 'Blade Runner’ by Denis Villeneuve (‘Arrival’) was one of the hottest titles and CinemaCon audiences, confirmed the rumours.
Tom Rothman, executive producer of Sony Pictures, and Ryan Gosling was at the presentation of 'Blade Runner 2049', which according to Rothman will 'expand the mythology in an amazing way', while adding that the script is so good that it was the reason for Villeneuve's involvement and that the last time he saw Gosling was on a huge set on a cold night in Budapest (the film was entirely shot there) where huge buckets of water, they bathed him.
Gosling, who was only two years old when the original film was released, commented that it was so surreal to walk through the 'Blade Runner' universe. The craftsmanship of this film is truly on another level. Every location was real, every scene was real, every item was functional. It was a fully functioning, breathing world. And in the end it made our job very easy to focus on the inner world of these characters, because like the surroundings they were so rich and detailed'.