Official trailer for Blade Runner 2049 is out, and it is stunning, showing new characters and similar look to original
Promo for Denis Villeneuve’s much anticipated sequel opens with Jared Leto caressing a newborn, naked android; director has recreated the gritty, dust-covered cinematography of the original
Warner Bros. released the official full-length trailer for long-anticipated sci-fi sequel Blade Runner 2049 on Monday at an event in Los Angeles with stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford.
Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up, set 30 years after the events of cult classic Blade Runner (1982), sees Ford reprise his role from Ridley Scott’s original as Rick Deckard, a Los Angeles cop who hunts rogue androids.
“The character is woven into the story in a way that intrigued me. There’s a very strong emotional context ... I think it’s interesting to develop a character after a period of time, to revisit a character,” said Ford, 74, at a discussion panel at the IMAX headquarters.
Gosling, 36, leads a cast of newcomers including Robin Wright and Jared Leto, who appears to be a manufacturer of the androids – or “replicants” – of future Los Angeles, and opens the trailer caressing a newborn, naked android.
“Every civilisation was built off the back of a disposable workforce, but I can only make so many,” says Leto, 45, wishing the android a “happy birthday”.
Wright, 51, appears to be some kind of authority figure, laying down the law.