Themes in Blade Runner had a little reservation about that. I think he really wanted to have it both ways." Scott suggests that Ford may have since changed his view, although "Blade Runner 2049" director Denis Villeneuve claimed that Ford and Scott argue about the issue to this day. Other people involved in the movie's production who have expressed the view that Deckard is human include: David Snyder (art director), M. Emmet Walsh (who portrayed Bryant) and Rutger Hauer (who portrayed Roy Batty). Ridley Scott stated in several interviews that he considers Deckard to be a replicant. Syd Mead, the film's visual futurist, agrees
Blade Runner (franchise) films exploring incidents that occurred between the events of "Blade Runner" and "Blade Runner 2049". The first short film released in the lead up to "Blade Runner 2049", "2036: Nexus Dawn", is directed by Luke Scott, who had previously developed short films connecting the events of Ridley Scott films "Prometheus" and "". The film stars Jared Leto as Niander Wallace and Benedict Wong as Lawmaker, following him as he presents a new Nexus-9 replicant to the lawmakers in an attempt to have a prohibition on replicants lifted. A second film, "2048: Nowhere to Run", also directed by Scott, follows Nexus-8