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Blade Runner 2 Being Written
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Blade Runner 2 Being Written Dont let the title of this story scare you. Its being written, but theres probably no reason to think it will ever happen. According to Slashfilm though, Travis Wright and John Glenn, the guys who wrote Eagle Eye are currently working on writing a sequel to Blade Runner . The reason you dont need to panic, is that this is just something theyre doing on their own. Obviously they want this to be turned into a movie, presumably because they hate the world, but they dont seem to have the support of anyone that matters. Its not backed by a ...
'Eagle Eye' Team Hopes to Replicate Its Success With Wholly Unnecessary 'Blade Runner 2' [The End Of Ideas]
Gawker: Defamer —
... itself, what with the numerous international cuts, "no, for real this time" director's cuts, and "no, for really real" final cuts the film has spawned. One thing Blade Runner has never had, though, is a sequel — and that's something the writing duo behind the Shia LeBeouf starrer Eagle Eye is working to change. Cowriters Travis Wright and John Glenn have already scripted studio updates to The Warriors and Clash of the Titans, and at a Creative Screenwriting event recently, Wright said Blade Runner is the next property ...
Ack! They're Making 'Blade Runner 2'!?
Cinematical —
... Wait, stop -- don't throw yourself out that window just yet! It may or may not be as bad as it looks/sounds. According to Slashfilm, one of their readers attended a Q&A session with one of the writers of ...
Bladerunner 2 being written
Filmstalker —
... sequel. They are doing it off their own backs, with no studio involvement at this stage. Wright says that they have been working on treatments for a few years. They also claim to have been talking to Bud Yorkin, a co-executive producer on BladeRunner. Not only that but they have been trying out previsualization sequences as well. The news comes from /Film . It sounds at the minute like some wishful thinking by a couple of writers. Let's hope so. A BladeRunner sequel is bad enough, but without Ridley Scott. Surely it can't happen?
Stop Blade Runner 2 Before It Starts! [Blade Runner]
io9 —
... Let's hope reason prevails and whoever actually owns the rights to Blade Runner sees what a prodigious waste of money a sequel would be. There are some stories that just don't need to be continued. The only thing that would make this more horrifying is if Harrison Ford turned out to be interested in reprising his role somehow. [Slashfilm] ...
Eagle Eye Writers Working on a Blade Runner 2?!
FirstShowing.net —
... This is one of the most bizarre and unnerving stories you'll read all week - that's pretty much guaranteed. Peter from SlashFilm got an e-mail last week from a tipster who had attended a screening of Eagle Eye put on by the Creative Screenwriting magazine. During the Q&A with ...
…OF THE DAY
Best Week Ever —
... SEQUEL OF DOOM: The Eagle Eye writing team is apparently working on a sequel to sci-fi classic Blade Runner. In the film, Harrison Ford will play an aging Blade Runner who - along with the help of a wise-assed sidekick who is also his son, played by Shia LaBeouf - must come out of retirement to hunt down some more replicants, which actually turn out to be aliens in the end. (/Film) ...
'Eagle Eye' Writer Sets the Air Clear on 'Blade Runner 2'
Aceshowbiz.com - Entertainment News —
John Glenn reveals his non-involvement with the sequel project that has been hinted previously by his former writing partner Travis Wright. A sequel to 1982 "Blade Runner" has become talk of the town after SlashFilm reported that the two writers of this week's Box Office champion " ...
Discuss: How Do You Feel About Blade Runner 2? [Interaction]
Film School Rejects —
... Yesterday, our good friends over at Slashfilm reported some information about the possibility of a Blade Runner sequel. In fact, according to the quote below, Eagle Eye writer Travis Wright said at a Q&A that he and some other folks were working on a script. This from Slashfilm’s reader scoop: ...
How About Another 'Blade Runner' Moving Picture?
I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever —
... untouchable to everyone except one of the guys who wrote Eagle Eye, that is. While all of humanity says, "No, there should obviously never be a sequel to Blade Runner," screenwriter Travis Wright is all, "Maybe I should be writing a sequel to Blade Runner, and I am," and he reportedly told an audience just that. It's apparently being done in association with Blade Runner co-executive producer Bud Yorkin but without prior studio approval. From /Film: ...
Lost in Time, Like Tears in Rain: Yesterday, ... [Blade Runner 2]
Gawker: Defamer —
... that the writing duo behind Eagle Eye had set their sights on Blade Runner 2 — and now, one half of that team is washing his hands of the project. Said screenwriter John Glenn to Slashfilm: "Travis [Wright] and I actually broke off as writing partners years ago - after the first draft of Eagle Eye. Due to previous commitments, I couldn’t make the screening/Q&A; last week — so to be honest, I have no idea what Travis was talking about or why he brought up a project we were tooling with years ago, when we still wrote together...It never got too ...
‘Blade Runner 2’ Script On Way
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
... Luckily, a sequel isn’t being planned, at least in any official capacity, but according to Slashfilm, a screenplay is currently being written by Travis Wright, the man behind the current box office topping Eagle Eye. The site received an email from a reader that stated: ...
Screen shorts: Bond, British beef and Bladerunner II
Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk —
... when we posted a link to the new Bond theme , Another Way to Die. Jack White and Alicia Keys have now got around to filming the video, which features the pair Bonding it up against a blue screen backdrop that is presumably doubling for the Atacama desert in Chile, where a scene from Quantum of Solace was filmed. What do you make of this one? Meanwhile, over in Hollywoodland, someone has decided it would be a great idea to pen ...
Eagle Eye Writers Want To Make Blade Runner Sequel
FlicksNews.net —
... In what has to be very disturbing news, Eagle Eye writer Travis Wright is working on a sequel to Blade Runner with the original film's producer Bud Yorkin, Slash Film reports. ...
Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: Oct. 5, 2008
Film Junk —
... Iron Man Becomes Fastest Selling Blu-ray in 48 Hours
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles Close to Cancellation
Thomas Dekker to Star in Fame Remake
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Coming to iTunes
Diablo Cody’s United States of Tara to Premiere in January
Jonathan Liebesman to Direct Sci-fi Actioner Battle: Los Angeles
David Gordon Green to Write Animated Series
Spike Lee Pisses Off Italy
Someone is Writing a Blade Runner Sequel
Plan 9 Remake Gets a Cast
Blade Runner sequel rears its head again
cinemarealm.com —
... at the Q&A that he and John Glenn, who co-wrote Eagle Eye , were working on a script for a Blade Runner sequel together with the original film’s producer Bud Yorkin. John Glenn was quick to respond, saying he was no longer involved and quelling fan outrage by explaining that the sequel “never got too far off the ground because the movie is so perfect, so the more we thought about it, the more uneasy we became with the idea.” Class act, Glenn. Slashfilm’s Peter Sciretta broke the story . Now, however, we are back to your regularly scheduled signs of the apocalypse. Wright ...
Best Batch of Links for 10/10
We Are Movie Geeks —
... Dave Gibbons and Zack Snyder, as well as the new production video, which has some new and extended Manhattan footage, and is probably the best one they have unleashed yet.
-Interesting story on Ghostbusters II, and Bill Murray’s issues with the franchise.
-Here is an article on the awesome Guillermo del Toro!
-A Roger Ebert blog about a screening with the Wachowski bros., and the first post-op pic I have seen of Larry.
-Blade Runner sequel? Uh………..
-Here are a bunch of Potter pics from ...
The Hollywood sequel machine takes a handful of turns for the worse.
Burbanked —
... ? And oh but by the rotting liver of Harrison Ford: a Blade Runner sequel? As you might have guessed by now, I’ve got the answer. Too many movie properties really don’t warrant the creation of sequels on their own - but combine them with other, equally useless franchises and now you’re talking two-for-one value. Therefore, I am overjoyed and a little giddy to pass along to you the following Movie Sequel Mashups destined for cinematic greatness… The Blade Runner Gets Smarter sequels rarely get smarter Two decades into the future, CONTROL super-agent Maxwell Smart is ...
Ridley Scott Producing a Blade Runner Prequel Web Series
Film Junk —
bladerunnerwebseries Although there were some rumblings last year about a possible Blade Runner sequel being written by Travis Wright ( Eagle Eye , The Warriors ), the whole thing was pretty unofficial, and if the fans have anything say about it, the project will probably never get off the ground. But what if Ridley Scott himself were to return to the Blade Runner franchise? Is that something people would be more receptive to? He’s previously been rumoured to have an interest in returning to the Alien franchise, and now according to ...
