Blade Runner universe. A bonus feature on the Blu-ray for "Prometheus", the 2012 film by Scott set in the "Alien" and "Predator" universe, states that Eldon Tyrell, CEO of the "Blade Runner" Tyrell Corporation, was the mentor of Guy Pearce's character Peter Weyland. Blade Runner Blade Runner is a 1982 neo-noir science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos. It is a loose adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (1968). The film is set in a dystopian future
A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner events of the film but attempts to fill in gaps in the script. According to author Lawrence Raw, the Marvel adaptation was poorly received and widely ridiculed as having bad writing and misquoted lines of dialogue from the film script. Julian Darius of "Sequart" stated that "most movie adaptations aren’t great comics in their own right, and the "Blade Runner" adaptation’s no different" but also noted that "the adaptation is something of a mixed bag, but the more time one spends with it, the more one likes it." A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade