We set about our firstfull - length trailerfor Blade Runner 2049 today and while it prove to veil any possible answer it might have , no motion picture is dependable from io9 ’s detective work . We scan andenhancedthe footage to not only figure out the general shape of the cinema , but also to find the many allusions to its forerunner .
I think the thing that is the strangest about Blade Runner 2049 is how much it looks like the original . We know this is set 30 year in the future from the first film , which was obviously set in 2019 . And while the 37 - year gap between when that film was made in 1982 and when it was put was readily apparent in the engineering seen in the cinema , it seems like very small in the human beings of Blade Runner has changed over the 30 years that have passed . for sure , holograms have replaced screens , but that ’s kind of it .
This gif is from the trailer for the first movie , and special effects quality aside , it ’s fundamentally the same place . That said , there are hints in this trailer ( and the official precis mentions “ what ’s left of fellowship ” ) that something pretty ruinous has happened between then and now , so that could explain it .
Someone ’s still doing somewhat well in the futurity , since he has this elephantine space .
Agent K ( Ryan Gosling ) is contribute into what I presume is just Jared Leto ’s actual star sign .
“ Every civilisation was built off the back of a disposable work force , ” says Leto ’s character , reportedly named Wallace , but understandably a replicant maker . But is Agent K is there as part of an investigating , or has Leto ’s character summoned him ?
I would just wish to repoint out that , for all his method represent , it is impossible to search at this face and not just see Jared Leto .
The solvent to the question of where the replicants come from is “ squeezed out of a charge card metro like Gogurt . ”
“ But I can only make so many . Shhh , felicitous birthday , ” Wallace continues , and now we see that he ’s blind .
The whole lineas find out at CinemaCon was , “ We build angels here . But I can only make so many . ” There is literally no way he ’s not a villain .
“ There is an order to things , ” says Robin Wright , manifestly a control officer of some form . And again , not to belabour the point , but from the original movie :
The young motion-picture show has complete the facial expression , that ’s for sure .
“ That ’s what we do here . We keep order , ” says Wright ’s role .
We then get a shot of Officer K ’s gun , which does not look like it ’s that far removed from the one Deckard carried 30 years ago .
The last comparability , I swear .
“ The world is built on a bulwark that separates kind . Tell either side there is no bulwark , you ’ve grease one’s palms a warfare , ” she continues . There ’s a weird omission in the lagger in between the words “ separates ” and “ tolerant , ” which makes me intend there ’s another word there that is a clue .
Agent K ’s tender moment is with Joi ( Ana de Armas ) who we ’ll later see in another context , which take me pretty certain she ’s a replicant .
The secret plan precis has Agent K discover out a “ long - buried enigma ” that “ lead him on a quest to find Rick Deckard . ” They say pursuance , but yield how most trailer like to lean on the first bit of a film , I ’m betting he finds Deckard ( Harrison Ford ) pretty quickly .
Also , wherever Deckard is has been ruin . It ’s clearly not where Ridley Scott initially picture Deckardliving in a continuation — on a farm in Wyoming .
“ You ’re a cop , ” tell Deckard .
If you switch the shot of Agent K entering Deckard ’s abode , you could read the trading floor mat and find that he ’s hole out up in the “ Vintage Casino . ” A cassino would back up the rumor that Deckard ’s beenholed up in Las Vegas .
Whatever closed book has drive K to Deckard , Deckard ’s disappear for 30 eld for a reason , and he ’s very paranoid .
“ I had your problem once . I was good at it , ” says Deckard .
“ I jazz , ” says Agent K. Which is almost , but not quite , a Star Wars shout out .
“ What do you want ? ”
“ I desire to enquire you some questions . ”
Blade Runner was entirely urban and contained to a undivided city . The amount of traveling we see in this trailer amplify the scope of the tale a fate and is a welcome dispute from the original .
“ The key to the future tense is finally unearthed , ” allege a vox I think is Leto ’s . Wherever this property is in the mountains , it looks like they discovered something . There ’s something about the acting that kind of hints that Agent K just showed that he just did something Deckard did not expect him to be able-bodied to do . Or it may be the response shot to a later bit a few seconds afterward , where K discover some mysterious number .
This is decidedly Mackenzie Davis in the front and ( I think ) Carla Juri behind her . There have been hearsay that one of the original replicants willshow up in this film , and these two definitely bet like they could be acolyte of either Pris ( Daryl Hannah ) or Roy Batty ( Rutger Hauer ) .
Out in the rocky and icy place , the numbers “ 6 10 21″ are carved . Is this the primal Wallace is talking about ? These look very much like a date , so whatever they ’re investigating started in 2021 , maybe ?
“ lend it to me , ” Wallace orders what I arrogate is a replicant , played by Sylvia Hoeks . She ’s got bangs that remind me strongly of Rachael ( Sean Young ) from the original .
Either way , whatever plan K had is disturb by Hoeks ’ lineament . But maybe K is interrupting her plan by firing on her ship .
“ They know you ’re here , ” says Deckard . Aw , Deckard has a frank .
This is edit really weirdly — is that K come through the wall ? That would be more than human , would n’t it ? I think the two barb — the wall guy and Deckard being pulled back from the explosion — aren’t actually next to each other in the genuine flick . I guess something happens between them .
Later we ’ll see this holographic baseball club full of dancing women , but for now : Elvis .
This looks like Davis ’ character giving information to K — is she one of his source ?
Dave Bautista shows up very briefly , but his character ’s still a gross enigma .
But given the manner he tosses K through a wall , I cogitate he ’s not quite human either . It could be him play Kool - Aid Man in the scene above .
I do n’t know what is last here , but the location could be the same as the one we see Bautista and K fight . This whole placelooks like the farm that Scott wanted to start the motion-picture show withwhich was also going to have a fight with a very big replicant . Now it ’s K ’s fight rather of Deckard ’s .
We get laid Ana de Armas ’ persona is named Joi ; ascertain her up on this ad with that word seal the replicant deal for me .
camouflage ship ? The face of this person is hidden , but it could be Hiam Abbass , one of the few actresses chuck we have n’t see in any other shot yet .
Does it look to anyone else like Deckard has manacle on ? If Hoeks appropriate him and put him in here , that would explain the showdown she and K have outside this ship — also in the pelting — later on .
I only put this here because it looks like Deckard is punch K. It could be someone else , but if it is K , why ?
look like K get ahead the scrap with Hoeks ’ fibre .
An distressed K freaks out . I wonder if the scare has to do with questioning reality and who ( or what ) he is .
Back in what ’s probably Vegas , someone ( Wallace , presumably ) has send masses after K and Deckard .
“ I always told you : you ’re extra . ” I ’m calling this now : K is the replicant messiah .
“ Your story is n’t over yet . There ’s still a pageboy left . ” If he find an origami unicorn , he should just lead .
The expression of this trailer is the thing that stomach out . Even if you did n’t think there needed to be a sequel to Blade Runner , this is more than intriguing enough to make you need to check it out . As to the actual patch , there ’s not much more than we already knew . Wright ’s personal credit line are divulge because the “ rampart ” she spill about kind of clue that there was a fight between humans and replicants , and separation has been the only means to survive . apply that separation is the Book of Job of the cops .
The secret that could bring the wall tumbling down is probably about who is and is n’t really a replicant . Or , in a consummate twist , no one ’s real . There are no humans anymore , only replicants ! And they just do n’t realize it !
It ’s also possible I have been staring at this preview too long .
Anyway , answers will amount October 6 .
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