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
Versions of Blade Runner Versions of Blade Runner Seven different versions of Ridley Scott's 1982 American science fiction film "Blade Runner" have been shown, either to test audiences or theatrically. The best known are the "Workprint", the "U.S. Theatrical Cut", the "International Cut", the "Director's Cut" and the "Final Cut". These five versions are included in both the 2007 five-disc Ultimate Collectors Edition and 2012 30th-Anniversary Collector's Edition releases. There also exists the "San Diego Sneak Preview Cut", which was only shown once at a preview screening and the "U.S. Broadcast Cut", which was edited for television broadcast. In the 2007 documentary "Dangerous Days: