When we return to Los Angeles for Blade Runner 2099, that futuristic rain-soaked world of the original two films will be different, for a variety of reasons.
Sunrise Noir?
Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner starred Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, a former cop assigned to run down a rogue group of replicants in what was then the far-flung future of 2019. Denis Villeneuve’s sequel moved the story forward to 2049, and by the time 2099 rolls around, the world has changed dramatically.
We already know that Blade Runner 2099 will flip the script, with replicants taking over and humanity reduced to second-class citizens. But another major change is the climate, with series showrunner Silka Luisa telling Empire that Los Angeles is warming back up.
“The idea here is that we’re doing sunshine noir,” Luisa said. “The show is really about a city coming back to life, a rebirth. So it’s hot and sticky and chaotic.“
She continued, “Everyone, globally, has been very aware of this palpable fear of the end of our species. Climate change, pandemics. A sense of our own mortality. Blade Runner is about imagining even beyond that. What does the world look like when it’s no longer ours?“
Blade Runner 2099
The series stars Hunter Schafer as Cora, a human fugitive who disguises herself as a replicant to infiltrate the LAPD. She’s forced to partner with Olwen (Michelle Yeoh), a replicant nearing the end of her lifespan, as they hunt down a runaway hiding a trust that could collapse a fragile city.
Yeoh told Empire that replicants now have “a much longer lifespan. Stronger, faster, they definitely have improvements. That’s why they won the war. They learned how to adapt, how to move forward.“
At San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year, Luisa said she often found herself rooting for the replicants rather than the humans and wanted to explore them more. “It may not be humans who teach us what being human is,” Luisa remarked. “So much of what Blade Runner promised is just around the corner. What happens when our time ends? What happens when we are no longer the dominant species?“
The eight-episode series will debut on Prime Video on November 25.
Source: JoBlo
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