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
Themes in Blade Runner with Scott that Deckard is a replicant. The disagreement among the people involved in making "Blade Runner" raises interesting questions about authorial intent, including who, if anyone, can make authoritative pronouncements about a film's interpretation. The film's visual effects supervisor Douglas Trumbull stated that he doesn't know Deckard's true nature and that the issue is an enigma; similarly, Villeneuve also noted that in "2049", "Deckard [...] is unsure, as we are, of what his identity is". Themes in Blade Runner Despite the initial appearance of an action film, "Blade Runner" operates on an unusually rich number of dramatic levels. As