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Created by | Philip K. Dick |
Original work | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) |
Owner | Alcon Entertainment[nb 1] |
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Television series | Blade Runner 2099 (TBA) |
Animated series | Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021) |
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Blade Runner is an American cyberpunk media franchise originating from the 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, about the character of Rick Deckard. The book has been adapted into several media, including films, comics, a stage play, and a radio serial. The first film adaptation was Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott in 1982. Although the film initially underperformed at the American box office, it became a cult classic, and has had a significant influence on science fiction. A novelization and a comic adaptation of the film were released in the same year. From 1995 to 2000, three novels serving as sequels to both Blade Runner and the original novel were written by K. W. Jeter, a friend of Dick's. A film sequel to Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, was released in 2017. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Blade Runner in 2012, a short film was released, and in the lead up to the release of Blade Runner 2049, several more short films detailing events that occurred between 2019 and 2049 were released. The influence of the franchise has helped spawn the cyberpunk subgenre.
Since 2011, Blade Runner is a franchise owned in all formats of media by Alcon Entertainment.[1][2]
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Alcon owns the "Blade Runner" IP.