![]() ![]() The film has an 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with glowing reviews from nearly all major critics, including ours here at TooFab. The people involved in making the movie did their job. Plus, the original movie left a lot of lingering questions, which in this spoiler and multiverse-obsessed culture, is worth its own weight in gold. It had an incredibly talented and widely respected director in Villeneuve, and a major star in Gosling. People love revived franchises these days (see: "Star Wars" and "Mad Max"), and this one had Ford, which worked quite well for "The Force Awakens" and the fourth "Indiana Jones" movie. So what happened? On paper, "Blade Runner 2049" looked like a guaranteed hit. Here's What Ryan Gosling Has to Say About the Harvey Weinstein Scandal But everyone's going to lose here, as you're supposed to take in double the production budget. Sony Pictures did invest heavily in the film in exchange for international distribution rights, so they may make out a little bit better than Alcon and distributor Warner Bros., who are saddled with a real disappointment. That's not great news for a movie that cost $150 million to make, and tens of millions more to market. Internationally, the film has fared a bit better, earning $98 million thus far, putting the grand total at $160 million. Positive reactions from the audience members that did go on opening weekend didn't convince enough people to see it in its second weekend, as the film earned just $15 million in the U.S., leaving it at $60 million. Director Denis Villenueve's epic sequel, which stars Ryan Gosling and returns Harrison Ford to his role as android hunter Rick Deckard, opened to a very disappointing $31 million last week. The long-awaited follow-up to Ridley Scott's 1982 dystopian masterpiece has faltered big time at the box office, falling far short of even cautious expectations. Unfortunately, its sequel, "Blade Runner 2049," may have to follow in its footsteps. “There are a lot of questions left unanswered and it’s kind of like life,” Ford said.It took years for the original "Blade Runner" to go from box office flop to seminal sci-fi movie classic. The film, which is nearly three hours long, is packed with action - and enigma. “I saw it written in the margins of his script: ‘Make contact,’” Gosling joked. “I threw 80 punches, I hit him one time, that’s a pretty good average,” Ford said. The actors are very careful to say that they aren’t releasing any spoilers about the film, but Ford admitted he accidentally punched Gosling in the face while shooting a scene on set. “ to me, I can clearly see that unless we revert to a respect for science and a love of nature and our progeny, what comes behind us … the planet is under dire stress.” “This is not a message film,” Ford added. “Part of the reason I think it became such a cult classic is you couldn’t shake it… It was painting this nightmarish vision of the future that felt possible.” “The original itself is such an experience, but what is also interesting it the experience you have after you’ve seen it,” Gosling said. But in the 35 years since its release, the original has developed a cult following. When the original “Blade Runner” was released in 1982, it was not a critical smash, but instead a bit of a box office flop. Scott did serve as an executive producer and adviser on “Blade Runner 2049,” but Villeneuve said he gave him “total freedom.”Įarly reviews for the new movie are stellar. “He’s a very busy man and Harrison Ford wanted to shoot sooner rather than later,” he said. Ridley Scott directed the original, but Villeneuve, whose previous work includes “Arrival” and “Sicario,” said he came on because Scott was busy with other projects. “As massive as it is, as provocative conceptually as it is, it is still a very intimate, personal and emotional story and that is so unique to ‘Blade Runner,’” Gosling said. ![]() Then he said the script won him over, as well as the fact Ford and Gosling were in. “The first time I heard that they wanted to do a follow-up or a sequel to 'Blade Runner,' I said, ‘Well it’s a fantastic, exciting, bad idea,'" director Denis Villeneuve said jokingly. It has taken nearly 20 years for this sequel to happen - the movie was stymied by rights issues. ![]()
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