Sony Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman has one message for those who think fans won\u2019t be rushing to the theaters to see \u201cBlade Runner 2049\u201d: \u201cNetflix, my ass.\u201d<\/p>\n
The studio chief dropped the zinger while debuting new footage of the \u201cBlade Runner\u201d sequel to exhibition industry professionals at CinemaCon, with star Ryan Gosling on hand.\u00a0The extended preview that the actor brought with him to Las Vegas stunned the crowd, featuring an apocalyptic Los Angeles and Las Vegas filled with snow, dust storms, and dazed looking androids, all of it created in Budapest. There were also several visual callbacks to sequences and sets from the first picture that are sure to tickle fans.<\/p>\n
Rothman, for his part, called the film \u201ccool as s\u2014,\u201d and Gosling told the crowd of theater owners that the team behind Denis\u00a0Villeneuve\u2019s \u201cBlade Runner 2049\u201d tried to keep CGI to a minimum.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery location was real,\u201d said Gosling. \u201cEvery set was there\u2026It was a fully functioning, living, breathing world.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new footage showed more of\u00a0Harrison Ford\u2019s Rick\u00a0Deckard and Gosling\u2019s Officer K, as well as a creepy look at Jared Leto, playing a manufacturer of replicants with a daddy complex. In one shot, Leto lovingly caresses a naked android, who appears to have been doused in amniotic fluid.<\/p>\n
Robin Wright and Ana de Armas also star in the film, which hits theaters on Oct. 6. Ridley Scott, who directed the first film, executive produced \u201cBlade Runner: 2049.\u201d Villeneuve, an Oscar-nominee for \u201cArrival,\u201d takes over directing duties. Sony co-financed the production with Alcon, and will distribute the picture internationally. Warner Bros. is handling the domestic rollout when the film debuts on Oct. 6, 2017.<\/p>\n
The footage, which also included shots of a bloodied, haunted-looking Gosling and de Armas as a skittish replicant who appears to have captured his heart, received loud applause. Theater owners and executives leaving the auditorium at Caesar\u2019s Palace where the footage screened cited the preview as the highlight of a presentation that also included looks at \u201cSpider-Man: Homecoming\u201d and \u201cJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPrepare to start going steady with the edge of your seats,\u201d Gosling quipped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"