Creators of Blade Runner 2049 Animated Prequel Are Making a Full Series

If you loved the anime prequel to Blade Runner 2049, this one is for you. Adult Swim announced today they will air an entire animated series inspired by last year’s sequel to Blade Runner. Let the replicant mind games begin. Remember when Denis Villeneuve released those three shorts to bridge the gap between Blade Runner ...

By Kelle Long  |  November 29, 2018
Rick Deckard’s Companion in Blade Runner 2049 is Top Dog, Literally

The Oscars may have been what most people were tuned into last night, but another important award ceremony was held just a day before. Palm Dog USA held their annual award ceremony on March 4 in Los Angeles. THR reported that the competition for dogs in show business is typically a staple of the Cannes ...

By Kabira Barlow  |  March 5, 2018
The Shape of Water, Jordan Peele & Frances McDormand: Your 2018 Oscar Highlights

The Shape of Water turns out to be that of an Oscar statue, Jordan Peele nabs an Academy Award for his Get Out original script, Frances McDormand wins Best Actress and ignites the industry with two choice words, and legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins has finally won the big award for his stellar work on Blade Runner 2049. And let’s not overlook Phantom ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  March 5, 2018

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Sound Designer

Love & Other Illusions: How Blade Runner 2049‘s Oscar-Nominated Sound Designer Played With our Heart Strings

As part of our Oscars week coverage, we’re re-posting our conversations with some of this year’s Oscar-nominees, as well as publishing new interviews with those vying for Oscar gold this Sunday. Sound editor Theo Green is nominated alongside his Blade Runner 2049 collaborator Mark Mangini. The Sound Editing category includes Julian Slater (Baby Driver), Richard King & Alex Gibson (Dunkirk), Nathan ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  March 2, 2018

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Sound Designer

How Blade Runner 2049’s Oscar-Nominated Sound Designer Pulled no Punches

As part of our Oscars week coverage, we’re re-posting our conversations with some of this year’s Oscar-nominees, as well as publishing new interviews with those vying for Oscar gold this Sunday. Sound editor Theo Green is nominated alongside his Blade Runner 2049 collaborator Mark Mangini. The Sound Editing category includes Julian Slater (Baby Driver), Richard King & Alex Gibson (Dunkirk), ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  March 2, 2018

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Sound Designer

Replicant vs. Replicant: How Blade Runner 2049’s Oscar-Nominated Sound Designer Pulled no Punches

K. vs. Sapper It’s a mismatch. One replicant is 6’0” and slender. The other is a goliath, standing at 6’3” and weighing 290lbs. They’re all alone in a creaky cabin on a distant, desolate protein farm, and they know they are about to have at it. The slender replicant, Officer K (Ryan Gosling), is there ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  March 2, 2018
A Peek at Your Oscar Contenders—A Day Before The Nominations

If there’s one film in this year’s Oscar race that could benefit from the current moment in the cultural consciousness, it’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Martin McDonagh’s darkly comic tale of revenge about a middle-aged badass  (best actress frontrunner Frances McDormand) angry at authorities for failing to solve the murder of her daughter seems ...

By  |  January 22, 2018
Blade Runner 2049, Three Billboards & The Shape of Water Lead BAFTA Noms

The British Academy of Television Arts has announced the nominations for their film awards for 2018, known as the BAFTAs, with Guillermo del Toro’s glorious creature feature, The Shape of Water, netting a best 12 nominations. Del Toro’s surprisingly tender film, which won him a Golden Globe for Best Director and Best Score for composer Alexandre Desplat is ...

By The Credits  |  January 9, 2018

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Sound Designer

Love & Other Illusions: How Blade Runner 2049‘s Sound Designer Played With our Heart Strings

*We’re sharing some of our favorite interviews of the year this week in our ‘Best of 2017’ roundup. For part one of our interview with Blade Runner 2049 sound designer Theo Green, click here. One of Blade Runner 2049’s most inspired characters is Joi (Ana de Armas), the holographic love interest of Officer K (Ryan Gosling). Joi is, ...

By  |  December 27, 2017

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Special/Visual Effects

How VFX Artists Kept Ryan Gosling’s Head From Being Smashed (and More) in Blade Runner 2049

When we interviewed Blade Runner 2049 sound designer Theo Green, one of the sequences he discussed was the very first in the film—the epic brawl between Ryan Gosling’s Officer K and Dave Bautista’s hulking replicant Sapper. Officer K is there to “retire” Sapper, a euphemism if ever there was one, and the fight that ensues ...

By The Credits  |  December 22, 2017

Interview

Sound Designer

Love & Other Illusions: How Blade Runner 2049‘s Sound Designer Played With our Heart Strings

For part one of our interview with Blade Runner 2049 sound designer Theo Green, click here. One of Blade Runner 2049’s most inspired characters is Joi (Ana de Armas), the holographic love interest of Officer K (Ryan Gosling). Joi is, in the strictest of senses, a product, one produced by the Wallace Corp (lead by the film’s villain, ...

By  |  December 18, 2017

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Sound Designer

Replicant vs. Replicant: How Blade Runner 2049’s Sound Designer Pulled no Punches

K. vs. Sapper It’s a mismatch. One replicant is 6’0” and slender. The other is a goliath, standing at 6’3” and weighing 290lbs. They’re all alone in a creaky cabin on a distant, desolate protein farm, and they know they are about to have at it. The slender replicant, Officer K (Ryan Gosling), is there ...

By  |  December 18, 2017

Interview

Special/Visual Effects

The Last Jedi, Blade Runner 2049 & Wonder Woman Among Oscar’s Visual Effects Shortlist

The Oscar race for Best Visual Effects this year might be the stiffest in recent memory. The Academy has released this year’s shortlist, and it stands to reason that this could be the most challenging group of films they’ve had to winnow down in a few years. A few of the reasons include the wide ...

By  |  December 6, 2017

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Hair/Makeup

Blade Runner 2049‘s Makeup Designer on the Secrets Hiding in Plain Sight

Revisiting the world of Blade Runner decades after the original movie drove the filmmakers to look 30 years farther into the future of Rick Deckard’s (Harrison Ford) world. The world of Blade Runner: 2049 is one of incredible technology and a completely ravaged environment, where massive holograms lope around a lurid Los Angeles slicked with acid rain and ...

By  |  November 27, 2017

Interview

Special/Visual Effects

How Blade Runner 2049 Used Miniatures to Build the Future

Blade Runner 2049 depicts a dark, ecologically devastated future (San Diego has been leveled and is now just a massive trash dump, for example), but the city of Los Angeles, long the center of Blade Runner mythology, is a glowing, holographic-choked megatropolis teeming with skyscrapers. It’s a dazzling setting, the city stretches out in all ...

By  |  November 9, 2017
Blade Runner: 2049 Had Enough Footage for Two Films

When filmmakers harvest a really great idea, sometimes the most difficult part is cutting it down. Telling a really rich story, without overly obvious exposition, can be a challenge. Such appears to have been the case for one of the most complex films of the year, Blade Runner 2049. The film’s editor, Joe Walker, told ...

By  |  October 31, 2017
From Porgs to Wonder Woman, Your Most Popular Film-Based Halloween Costumes

Halloween costumes are not created equally. For most of us, something store bought or hastily assembled at home will do. For others, meticulous craft is required to create something truly special. And for the budding costume designers among us, Halloween offers up the chance to re-create a beloved film character, piece-by-piece. Perhaps you’ve got the ...

By  |  October 31, 2017
Tour the Props and Production Design on the Set of Blade Runner: 2049

Adam Savage got to freely roam the set of Blade Runner: 2049 in spectacular giggling glory and it will brighten your day. If we couldn’t be there ourselves, we’re glad that Savage got the honor. He could not be more delighted by the incredible talent on display as he pulled the trigger on a real ...

By  |  October 19, 2017
Blade Runner: 2049‘s Wild Alternate Titles

Blade Runner: 2049 is one of the most gorgeous, haunting sci-fi films in recent memory, and, in our opinion, one of the great sci-fi sequels of all time. The franchise’s glamour is reliant on its mysteries, and the creators were protective of them. Thirty years after the original, the title is pretty self-explanatory, and got us ...

By  |  October 16, 2017
Blade Runner: 2049‘s Dave Bautista Set to Star in His Own Film

Whether or not you are a fan of the WWE, you have to thank them for the star power they’ve put on screen. Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, and now Dave Bautista – among many others – all segued from the ring to the red carpet. Bautista soared to stardom with his role as Drax in ...

By  |  October 6, 2017