{"id":2827,"date":"2016-07-26T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/07\/26\/walking-dead-actor-lennie-james-joins-blade-runner-sequel\/"},"modified":"2016-07-26T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T12:11:09","slug":"walking-dead-actor-lennie-james-joins-blade-runner-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/07\/26\/walking-dead-actor-lennie-james-joins-blade-runner-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Walking Dead\u2019 Actor Lennie James Joins \u2018Blade Runner\u2019 Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Justin Kroll \/ Variety<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Walking Dead\u201d actor Lennie James<\/a> is in negotiations to join the \u201cBlade Runner<\/a>\u201d sequel starring Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling.<\/p>\n

Directed by \u201cSicario\u201d helmer Denis Villeneuve, the film also stars Robin Wright and Mackenzie Davis. Cinematographer Roger Deakins will reunite with Villeneuve on the project.<\/p>\n

The sequel, set several decades after the original, is written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, and succeeds the initial story by Fancher and David Peoples, based on Philip K. Dick\u2019s novel \u201cDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.\u201d Plot details are still under wraps.<\/p>\n

The movie hits theaters on Oct. 6, 2017.<\/p>\n

Warner Bros. is handling domestic distribution, while Sony is taking on international distribution.<\/p>\n

Alcon Entertainment acquired the film, television and ancillary franchise rights to \u201cBlade Runner\u201d in 2011 from the late producer Bud Yorkin and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin to produce prequels and sequels to the iconic sci-fi thriller. Cynthia Sikes Yorkin will produce along with Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. Bud Yorkin will receive a producer credit.<\/p>\n

Ridley Scott will serve as executive producer. Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble, CEOs of Thunderbird Films, will also executive produce along with Bill Carraro.<\/p>\n

James is best known as Morgan on AMC\u2019s hit zombie drama \u201cThe Walking Dead.\u201d On the film side, he most recently portrayed James Brown\u2019s father, Joseph Gardner Brown, in the biopic \u201cGet on Up.\u201d<\/p>\n

James is repped by UTA, Independent Talent Group and the Lasher Group.<\/p>\n

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