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Duncan Jones is the only director I can really think of making hard, morally debatable sci-fi movies like Blade Runner, but his writing skills are relatively unknown. Christopher Nolan and Charlie Kaufman could make a good mind-bender, but Nolan's films are too grand and Kaufman's are too subdued and melodramatic for Blade Runner. Joss Wheedon has too much humor.

This is tricky..,

David Peoples. The guy already wrote the first one for fucks sakes.

Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Sunshine.) I loved those movies and I think he could write an excellent movie with Ridley. He's probably a fan considering many moments in Sunshine felt like a love letter to Alien. He also adapted Never Let Me Go, which was a good, subdued dystopia film not unlike Blade Runner. I feel like he has an interesting voice and they could work well together. Also, he's kind of a left field choice and not one of the Hollywood hired guns.

@TheGief said:

David Peoples. The guy already wrote the first one for fucks sakes.

This.

I instantly thought of Niccol. I like Andrew Niccol; however, he still hasn't transcended Gattaca and I'm not sure that he can. I figure, that with something as ubiquitously revered as Blade Runner, Niccol will be forced to put in more effort and produce something as memorable and long-lastingly effective as Gattaca.

@Red said:

Duncan Jones is the only director I can really think of making hard, morally debatable sci-fi movies like Blade Runner, but his writing skills are relatively unknown. Christopher Nolan and Charlie Kaufman could make a good mind-bender, but Nolan's films are too grand and Kaufman's are too subdued and melodramatic for Blade Runner. Joss Wheedon has too much humor.

This is tricky..,

I think you are really over thinking it (see what I did there)..... But I probably choose Christopher Nolan to do it but he's probably to big of a name and would probably rather craft something original than write a script for another movie out of a exiting IP and then not directing it would probably make him say no.

Me.

@PieINyourFACE: You. I'm sold.

@PieINyourFACE: Sounds good, i'm sending 100000000$ USD to your home ASAP and want it done by febuary.

Jonathan Nolan

@cutsman: My pick as well.

@cutsman said:

Jonathan Nolan

Only if prevents his brother from making an wooden train wreck like Inception again. That film was so bad and overly praised it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Of the list Ronald D. Moore sounds the most promising except that his work on similar questions of A.I. vs. humanity going to be hard to top.

I think the bigger question is why make a sequel? Of the Sci-fi classics this one seems to be one that simply does not need a sequel or lend to one either.

After The Thing pseudo-prequel/remake, Blade runner's own pseudo-sequel/remake!

Yay! /sarcasm

I'd like to keep the fantasy afire that there will be a writer we have never heard of doing something wildly original with the material. Which is why I don't want to attach any writer I already know and even like to it. That would be like I'd want Blade Runner to be akin to another movie I already know. Which I don't. There's no crime in hoping, right?

@EastboundSpider: Great. I already have a rough draft. It will have replicants, known here on out as evil robuts, and there will be some explosions. That will attract the modern Hollywood audience, won't it?