The Walking Dead's Lennie James is joining the previously announced
cast of the Blade Runner sequel, which also includes Ryan
Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Carla Juri,
Mackenzie Davis, Barkhad Abdi, David Dastmalchian, Hiam Abbass and Dave
Bautista, Alcon Entertainment's co-founders and co-CEO's Broderick Johnson
and Andrew Kosove announced today.
Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Prisoners)
is directing the film to be released October 6, 2017. The film will be released
by Warner Bros. in North America and Sony Pictures Releasing International will
distribute in all media for all overseas territories.
The sequel is set
several decades after the 1982 original, with Harrison Ford reprising his
iconic role as Rick Deckard. The film is written by Hampton Fancher and Michael
Green, and succeeds the initial story by Fancher and David Peoples based on
Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Story details are
not being revealed.
Alcon Entertainment
acquired the film, television and ancillary franchise rights to Blade Runner in 2011 from the late producer Bud Yorkin and Cynthia
Sikes Yorkin to produce prequels and sequels to the iconic science-fiction
thriller. Cynthia Sikes Yorkin will produce along with Johnson and Kosove. Bud
Yorkin will receive producer credit.
Frank Giustra and Tim
Gamble, CEO's of Thunderbird Films, will serve as executive producers. Ridley
Scott will also executive produce. Bill Carraro will executive produce.
James is best known
for his work in TV, most notably AMC's The Walking Dead in
the role of Morgan Jones. His film credits include Universal's 2014 James Brown
biopic Get On Up directed by Tate Taylor
and starring Chadwick Boseman and Guy Ritchie's Snatch which also starred Brad Pitt, Jason Statham and
Benicio del Toro.
James is repped by
UTA.
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