Blade Runner 2049 will hit the theaters on October 6, 2017.
As per NME, the film will appear in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D – a treat for older fans who only had the option of a 2D original. The movie had been slated for a January 12 2018 release, but thankfully it’s been brought forward.
Blade Runner 2049 continues thirty years where the original left us. The only old cast member returning is Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard. There was some debate at the end of Blade Runner as to whether Deckard was a human or a replicant; officer Gaff (Edward James Olmos) left an origami unicorn outside Deckard’s apartment at the end of the original film suggesting he had seen Deckard’s dreams and therefore he was a replicant.
If this is true then perhaps Deckard is a different model of Replicant, able to age, because the Nexus-6 replicants originally only had a lifespan of 4 years.
Ahead of the film’s October release date, Warner Bros. has doled out Blade Runner 2049 mini-prequels in addition to the usual trailers. Find out more at AVclub.com.