New 'Blade Runner 2049' trailer released: How first movie became a sci-fi classic
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
A trailer has been released for the upcoming movie 鈥淏lade Runner 2049,鈥� which is a sequel to the 1982 film that is often hailed as one of the best science fiction movies of all time.
鈥淏lade Runner 2049鈥� stars Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, and Jared Leto and features the return of original 鈥淏lade Runner鈥� actor Harrison Ford. The trailer shows Mr. Gosling鈥檚 character encountering Mr. Ford鈥檚, Rick Deckard.
鈥淚 had your job once,鈥� Rick tells him. 鈥淚 was good at it.鈥�
鈥淭hings were simpler then,鈥� Gosling鈥檚 character tells him.聽
The movie is set to be released on Oct. 6 and is being directed by Denis Villeneuve, who is currently earning awards season praise for his movie 鈥淎rrival,鈥� which was released earlier this year. Actress Amy Adams has been nominated for a best actress prize from the Screen Actors Guild and for the Golden Globes for her work in the movie.
"Blade Runner 2049" will hit theaters 35 years after the original movie, which has been hailed as one of the best science fiction movies ever.聽
The original 鈥淏lade Runner鈥� movie follows Rick Deckard, who works to track down 鈥渞eplicants,鈥� or creatures who look exactly like humans, who have returned to Earth illegally. Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, and Daryl Hannah co-star.
What makes 鈥淏lade Runner鈥� one of the best movies of its genre? credits, for one, the look of the film.聽
鈥淸鈥楤lade Runner鈥� is] one of the most influential, densely designed visions ever made,鈥� he writes. 鈥溾�arrative drive and graphic ingenuity combine to create a compelling fantasy world, a disturbing future as near to us as our nightmares.鈥澛�
And calls the movie 鈥渢imeless.鈥�
鈥淭he movie remains one of the most visually stunning in cinema history,鈥� Mr. Newton writes. 鈥溾�ne of the key things that Ridley Scott brings to Philip K Dick鈥檚 story is an attention to film itself, and to how it makes meaning for us.鈥�
