Ridley Scottsure is chatty! In doing press rounds for his upcoming sci-fi rescue flickThe Martian, which opens Friday, October 2nd, the veteran director continues to field plenty of questions about old franchises of his that are getting new installments. He’s already confirmed that the sequel toPrometheus, now revealed to be titledAlien: Paradise Lost, will be his next directorial feature; he’s also been attached as a producer on theUntitled Blade Runner Sequelfor some time now. It’s those projects we’re concerned with today.
While speaking toYahoo!aboutThe Martian, Scott also addressed his other anticipated projects. In talking about his career and his work ethic, Scott mentioned that he’d like to make a series of franchise films withBlade Runnerlike he’s doing withPrometheus.In the case ofBlade Runner,Ryan Goslingwill be inheriting the role fromHarrison Ford, both of whom will star in the new film. As forPrometheusfollow-ups, Scott reveals whether or notMichael Fassbender’sandroid David will ever get himself put back together. See what he had to say below.
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Will you have final cut on Blade Runner 2?
Oh, yeah. I mean, I always have final cut on everything, really. Partly because I’m very user-friendly. I always believe when you’re given X amount of money by someone to f—k around with and make a movie, you may’t draw lines in the sand. If I was an investor and you did that to me, I’d remove your ankles. So don’t do the auteur s–t. I respect the guy for giving the money and I respect the studio for saying, “Yeah, you want to do this, here we go.”
You’re doing four Prometheus movies. Do you want to do the same with Blade Runner?
Listen: Everyone else is, so why not? I love to work. The French say “Work to live,” and I live to work. I’m very lucky to have a job that I adore. All my kids do the same thing. Some of it’s trying, but it’s like being in professional sport. It’s so competitive [that] you better keep bouncing the ball. You can’t rest.
You’ve got to appreciate Scott’s work ethic. I just worry that at some point, either the workload or the fact that no one seems willing to tell him, “No,” will start to negatively affect his work. Some critics ofPrometheussay that has happened already, but positive buzz forThe Martianmay help to counteract that.
Ryan Gosling is a great choice for Blade Runner 2.
Yeah, and I got Harrison back. Because Harrison said, “Mehh,” and I said, “No, read this.” And I think he said, “This is the best script I’ve ever had.” We’ve been working on it for a couple of years.
You once said he’s a Replicant in the first one.
Of course he’s a bloody Replicant! He’s going to have to admit it.
So don’t Replicants die after four years?
I’m not going to tell you. You’ll have to see the story. It’ll all make sense.
Scott has addressed the Replicant question a number of times in recent years, so that’s not really news. What’s interesting is what he said aboutBlade Runneras a franchise of films, and how that will impact star Gosling:
