Ridley Scott Regrets Not Directing ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel: “I Shouldn’t Have Had To Make That Decision”
deadline.comRidley Scott is looking back and opening up about not being able to direct the Blade Runner sequel. The filmmaker had been announced by Alcon Entertainment back in 2011 to helm the follow-up to the 1989 film that starred Harrison Ford.
However, Scott had to step down from director duties following a scheduling clash and Denis Villeneuve stepped up to direct Blade Runner 2049. “I shouldn’t have had to make that decision,” he told Empire magazine recently. “But I had to.
I should have done Blade Runner 2.” Scott went on to direct the sci-fi horror film Alien: Covenant instead of the Blade Runner sequel which ended up starring Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas and Jared Leto.
The director is returning to the dystopian future in the Amazon Studios series Blade Runner 2099. “I’m one of the producers,” he adds. “It’s all set years on.
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