Denis Villeneuve may have just tackled a two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert's dense sci-fi epic Dune, but the director has revealed that another genre sequel was much more of a challenge – so much so that it still keeps him up at night.
That would be Blade Runner 2049, the 2017 sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 film. "Blade Runner is one of my favorite films, and it's absolutely a masterpiece" Villeneuve told The Hollywood Reporter. "Ridley Scott is one of my favorite filmmakers, and even though he had given his blessing, it was very important for me to hear it and see it in his eyes that he was okay with me doing the movie at the time. But I was constantly thinking about the original film as I was making Blade Runner 2049. It was impossible not to."
