Ridley Scott Confirms Live-Action Blade Runner & Alien TV Shows

Director Ridley Scott has confirmed that live-action TV shows based on Blade Runner and Alien are now in the works. The director had an interview with Today on BBC Radio 4 where he revealed that the pilot for the upcoming Blade Runner TV series has already been written.

"We have already written the pilot for Blade Runner and the bible," he said."So, we’re already presenting Blade Runner as a TV show, probably the first 10 hours."

It appears the show will be available via one of the popular streaming services but little is known about where or when. Previously, Denis Villeneuve, the director of the recent sequel, said he hopes to direct another Blade Runner movie.

"It's such an inspiring place, the Blade Runner world," said Villeneuve. "The problem I have is the word 'sequel.' I think cinema needs original stories. But if you ask me if I'd like to revisit this universe in a different way, I can say yes. It would need to be a project on its own. Something disconnected from both other movies. A detective noir story set in the future… I wake up sometimes in the night dreaming about it."

Scott said that Alien is in a "similar" position and there's a TV show currently in production. "Alien is now being written for a pilot," he added. The Alien show will be released by FX.

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