The follow-up to Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic is close to locking in the House of Cards actor as one of the film’s three major female leads,according to VarietyRobin Wright is close to a deal to star in the upcoming Blade Runner sequel, which will also bring back Harrison Ford and add Ryan Gosling, and Variety reported. The sequel,to be directed by Oscar-nominated Denis Villeneuve, will pick up several decades after the conclusion of the 1982 original, and a cult favorite. The original Blade Runner,based on the 1968 Philip K Dick story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, starred Ford as Rick Deckard, and a detective in 2019 Los Angeles,tracking down Replicants (genetically engineered clones) who absorb returned to soil illegally in order to extend their four-year life spans. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com