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1. Blade Runner writer drafting Ridley Scott's The Forever War
(Films/Science fiction films)

... has revealed that David Peoples is the man Ridley Scott has chosen to write the screenplay. Peoples is best known for writing Blade Runner (with Hampton Francer), along with Lady Hawke, Twelve Monkeys, ...

2. Harrison Ford to join Cowboys and Aliens
(Films/Science fiction films)

... casting news coming soon..." Harrison Ford hasn't been in many science fiction and fantasy films since the heady days of Blade Runner and Star Wars (apart from the recent Indiana Jones and the Kingdom ...

3. Moon sequel Mute Witness a homage to Blade Runner
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... of twists and turns along the way. It also features the voice of Kevin Spacey as Gerty, Sam's robot helper. He calls the sequel, Mute Witness, his "love letter to Blade Runner" and said that "just like ...

4. Google Phone, Nexus One, annoys Philip K Dick's daughter
(Films/Science fiction films)

... Philip K. Dick who wrote the novel that inspired the Blade Runner movie, said in an interview that she was “shocked and dismayed” by reports detailing the phone. In Blade Runner, Ridley Scott's science ...

5. Why I'm mad at Ridley Scott
(Films/Science fiction films)

It's hard for me to be mad at Ridley Scott; the man's one of my favourite directors. Blade Runner -- a brilliant classic. Legend -- flawed, but absolutely gorgeous. Thelma & Louise -- sublime. Gladiator ...

6. Internet leaks kill Forbidden Planet remake claims Straczynski
(Films/Science fiction films)

... directions the film Blade Runner could have taken based on early script drafts. Besides, will the public turn away in droves because they know basic plot points? It's doubtful. I happily went along to ...

7. Red Dwarf Back to Earth: it's all about Blade Runner
(TV/Science fiction TV)

... over solo, it's a worthy continuation of the series that ended with Season 8 in 1999. If you're a fan of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, you might want to take a look too, you'll already be familiar with ...

8. Robotic surrogates closer than you think
(Films/Science fiction films)

... philosophical, social and cultural questions to pose and modern day parallels to explore. Surrogates reminds me too of the philosophical questions posed by the presence of replicants in Blade Runner ...

9. The Hobbit movies will be made, and why I care a little less with each viewing of Lord of the Rings
(Films/Fantasy films)

... a novel to the screen invariably involves decisions that alter the original intent. Occasionally an adaptation captures the essence of a novel without necessarily replicating it (Blade Runner); often it ...

10. Ridley Scott and DiCaprio's Brave New World finds writer
(Films/Science fiction films)

We told you earlier that Blade Runner director Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio are working together to adapt Aldus Huxley’s dystopian classic, Brave New World, for the big screen, with DiCaprio producing ...

11. Ridley Scott to direct Alien prequel
(Films/Science fiction films)

... but a warning, and the rest is chest-bursting cinematic history. As he would do again a few years later with Blade Runner, Scott created an entirely new vision of the future with Alien: a gritty, dark, ...

12. Dick's Flow My Tears on track: a Man in the High Castle movie please!
(Films/Science fiction films)

Philip K. Dick's stories have been a rich source of material for Hollywood: Blade Runner, Imposter, Screamers, Minority Report, Total Recall (and the upcoming Total Recall remake) are just a few that spring ...

13. Blade Runner web based series: TV series to follow?
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There’s been no word on the sequel we reported a couple of months back, but just when we thought there was nothing left to say about Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott announces a new Blade Runner web ...

14. Bruce Willis’ Surrogates trailer blends robots and virtual reality
(Films/Science fiction films)

... twist to the normal clichéd storylines. Even though Willis wears a tacky blond wig, a recently released trailer looks extremely promising. Are we looking at another Blade Runner, or something as disappointing ...

15. Philip K. Dick’s ‘Flow My Tears’ to be filmed
(Films/Science fiction films)

...  There let me live forlorn. Hollywood has certainly taken a shine to Philip K. Dick’s work: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, Imposter, Screamers and Next have all been based ...

16. Ridley Scott’s Forever War to be 3D: author Joe Haldeman enthusiastic
(Films/Science fiction films)

We reported earlier that Ridley Scott's next science fiction movie, his first since Blade Runner, will be an adaptation of Joe Haldeman's The Forever War, an action packed novel about the impact of the ...

17. Blade Runner sequel
(Films/Science fiction films)

... classic Blade Runner for some time and is enthusiastically pushing to make it happen.   Travis and his former writing partner, John Glenn, had worked on developing a sequel in 2005, but it never ...

18. Is Ridley Scott a born again science fiction fan?
(Films/Science fiction films)

What's going on with Ridley Scott and science fiction? The director of the genre classics Alien and Blade Runner is now working on not one, but two new science fiction movies. First we reported Scott was ...

19. It’s a Brave New World: Ridley Scott’s first SF movie since 1982
(Films/Science fiction films)

... director of the science fiction masterwork Blade Runner , hasn’t made a science fiction movie since 1982. The news that he will direct an adaptation of Brave New World is surprising given that at the ...

20. Philip K. Dick’s novel Ubik to be filmed
(Films/Science fiction films)

... have been adapted into big screen movies (some badly, others brilliantly). Past movie adaptations include Blade Runner, Total Recall, Screamers, Imposter, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly. While ...