November 14th 2011 - Hal's latest release V8 !!
This picture was inspired by the very Sir Ridley Scott.. check it out HERE
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October 28th 2011 - Edge Radio Request BR Special
On the 6th November at 10PM AEST Joseph O'Brien
(Presenter Edge Radio) and two co-hosts will be airing a BR special including interviews with Syd Mead and Morgan Paul. Catch the interview at the selected date HERE
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October 21st 2011 - Blaster Gun update
Richard Coyle has been hard at work (aswell as his proof reading wife!) and has presented BladeZone with a fantastic addition to his Blaster Gun page. Richard had already amazed us with his in-depth knowledge of the blaster, and has now taken it a step further. You can jump straight to the review HERE and navigate from there.
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September 17th 2011 - Spinner anyone?
Two links to spinners have turned up at Bladezone today, the first is in the form of a kit you can buy HERE and secondly, a great section on spinners which is well worth a look over at BRUCE'S DOMAIN
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August 20th 2011 - Ridley Scott to Direct New 'Blade Runner' Movie
Massive news on the BR front hits BladeZone (a massive thans to ALL those who emailed BZ with the news)
Ridley Scott is returning to the futuristic world of Blade Runner, his iconic 1982 film, for a new feature for Warners-based Alcon Entertainment.
Adapted from Philip K. Dick’s story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?,” Scott’s original film -- with its mix of rainy, neon-lit exteriors, its human-like androids call replicants, and its shadowy, controlling corporation -- established a template for dystopian views of the future. In 2007, it was named the second most visually influential film of all time by the Visual Effects Society.
While the new movie is being described as a “follow-up” to the first film, the filmmakers have not yet disclosed whether it will function as a prequel or a sequel to the original. One thing it won't be, though, is a re-make, Alcon co-head Andrew Kosove said. "We very fortunate that Ridley Scott has decided to come back to one of his seminal movies," he added. "And with Ridley, I can tell you it will be fresh and original."
With no screenplay in place at the moment, the producers are currently meeting with writers. Kosove declined to say what direction the project would go it, but did say he didn't expect Harrison Ford, who starred in the original movie as a retired cop who hunts down replicants, to be involved.
Alcon, the financing and production company behind movies like The Blind Side and The Book of Eli, recently partnered with producer Bud Yorkin to produce new Blade Runner films as well as TV and interactive productions based on the property. Alcon hasn't decided yet if it will finance the entire production itself or whether it will bring in partners like Warners, through which it will release the movie.
Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Kosove will produce the new film with Yorkin, Cynthia Sikes Yorkin and Scott. Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble, CEOs of Thunderbird Films, will serve as executive producers.
Scott, repped by WME and Ziffren Brittenham, is currently completing another sci-fi feature Prometheus, which has connections to his 1979 movie Alien, and which will be released by Fox on June 8, 2012. (direct text from the hollywood reporter)
Here also is a clip from Mike fleming -
EXCLUSIVE: After revisiting his classic Alien with the upcoming 3D Fox film Prometheus, Ridley Scott is committing to direct and produce a film that advances his other seminal and groundbreaking science fiction film. Scott has signed on to direct and produce a new installment of Blade Runner. He’ll make the film with Alcon Entertainment, producing with Alcon partners Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. This would be the most high profile project for Alcon since The Blind Side. They got control of the franchise earlier this year, but it's a whole different ballgame with Scott at the helm.
I’m not getting a clear sense at this point whether Scott intends to do a sequel or a prequel to the 1982 film that was loosely based on the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Also unclear is whether they start fresh or reach out to Harrison Ford. The original took place in dystopian Los Angeles in 2019, in which organic superhuman robots called replicants escaped and are hiding somewhere on earth. Ford played Richard Deckard, a burnt out blade runner assigned to hunt them down. His tired life gets altered when he himself falls for one of the replicants and struggles to keep her from being destroyed.
The film was not a blockbuster when first released--it grossed $32 million in its original run--but the film has gained esteem over time. From the bleak but breathtaking visuals to the complex storyline and themes of mortality, Blade Runner became a classic. There has periodically been talks of doing a sequel but those never really went anywhere. After injecting state of the art 3D in reviving Alien, imagine what Scott can do with Blade Runner? Now, the filmmaker is ready to engage. Alcon has its output deal with Warner Bros, which remastered and released a 25th anniversary version on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2007. Warner Bros made the original film.
This is just the first step and the project will have to be written and it will likely evolve during that process. That's what happened on Alien, which began as a prequel to his 1979 classic. That changed when Lost's Damon Lindelof came in with a different take on the subject matter that imprinted on Scott and Fox executives. They wound up making Prometheus, which Fox considers an original but which I've heard is a cousin to the original Alien franchise. That film will be released June 8, 2012, with Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Patrick Wilson, Idris Elba and Guy Pearce starring. Scott is repped by WME.
The thoughs of what a prequel would include are immense (for example how replicants came about, original draft scenes like batty off-colony working in the burning furnice etc) and the prequel?? how did Deckard and Racheal pan out? how long was life really? did anybody eventually come after Racheal? OMG so many questions...
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july 29th 2010 - Previously unreleased clip appears!
A new screen test style clip has emerged! The previously un-seen footage shows a German actor who (presumably) would have been in the Tyrell building. You can hear the voice over in the back ground - making the claim of the clip being a screen test, somewhat plausable. Head over to Ridleyville.com and check out the clip. A great site with lots of alternative clips/pics and articles. See it on youtube HERE
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july 20th 2010 - Richard Coyle Blasters up for grabs
back in February 2011, Richard Coyle did a fantastic article around the creation/replication (no pun intended...) of the infamous Blaster. (read the review HERE). Also check out the Ebay link HERE.
Richard said - "The big news is with a full time helper, we have brought back some great models from yesterday: First is the Classic Galactica Blaster, with light and sound. This is my off the set model, it has all the details used on the show, with the added value of a hidden outlets for the digital sound effect. It also has many of the raw detailing and slight flaws of the real props. Email me at racprops@cox.net for pictures and info. Price is $400.00 Next we did a limited run of METAL PPGs with two sounds and two LED light effects. Check this model out at my latest auction: AND we also did a run of the Floosh Gun from the movie "The Sixth Day" Check this model out at: We are hoping you will find a model you will want to add to your prop collection, but be warned these are limited."
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July 29th 2011 - Bladerunner Tribute clip
Patrick Parenteau (Visual FX artist) has been hard at work on a personal tribute to BR. chek out his finished CG Spinner HERE
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July 29th 2011 - Hal has BR fever once more..
Hal, in his own words has "BR Fever". Checkout the link for his latest masterpiece HERE
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June 20th 2011 - Blade Runner returning
Gary Willoughby come past this article regarding the pro'd and con's of the new BR francise. Warner has given some rules too. Read about them HERE
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