Ridley Scott directed the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner, which was written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Scott’s Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young, is still considered remarkable in the realm of Orwellian and dystopian science fiction. The film’s cinematography and plot appealed to the minds of people as the audience was sucked into the screen through Scott’s presentation of the creative scientific topography. Philip K Dick’s novel, ‘Do Android Dream Of Electric Sheep?’ is the source of direct inspiration for the film. His avant-garde has yet to be paralleled with Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner 2049” ‘Blade Runner’ wasn’t the only success, in his 1979’s science fiction horror film, ‘Alien’ he molded the psyche of science forever with the use of H.R Giger’s art of horrific alien species, ‘Xenomorph.’ Scott’s approach to fiction sculpted the franchise with Giger’s unique character designs.
It’s an astounding realization that “Alien” and “Blade Runner” are both set in the same universe. However, with the unrivaled recognition of his 2012, ‘Prometheus,’ Alien, shone brightly among his excellent toppled genres. But, when it came to Scott to continue his legacies, he came to a perplexing path where he was forced to choose between, “Alien: Covenant” and “Blade Runner:2029.” Scott stated in the September edition of Empire that he had to drop out of directing “Blade Runner 2049” owing to a scheduling clash with “Alien: Covenant” (which was set to begin production around the same time). “I shouldn’t have had to make that decision,” Scott said of the time constraints.”But I had to. I should have done ‘Blade Runner 2.’”
The director of “Blade Runner: 2049” mentioned in an interview with IndieWire, that Scott was deemed an Executive Producer, Villeneuve told, “He told me right at the start he would give me all the space, all the freedom, he would step away and that would be my responsibility, and if I needed him, he would be at the other end of the line. Otherwise, I would be alone. That was the best gift to receive because I would have never been able to work with Ridley behind me.”
With an “Alien” picture for 20th Century Fox, Noah Hawley is planning an “Alien” TV program set on Earth (finally), and Prime Video is developing a “Blade Runner 2099” series for a 2024 launch. As a producer, Scott will remain connected to all the projects. He specifically commented on “Blade Runner 2099,” and how will the series have the originality of the previous ‘Blade Runner.’ He told the Empire, “It’s all set years on. To me, it circles the idea of Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World.’”