'Blade Runner 2049' Prequel Short Connects Events To Original 1982 Film - Watch

The first of three Blade Runner 2049 shorts dropped so as to bridge the gap between the events of the 1982 film (which left off in 2019) and the Warner Bros./Sony/Alcon sequel that’s opening on Oct. 6. Directed by Ridley Scott’s son, Luke Scott, 2036: Nexus Dawn follows Jared Leto’s Niander Wallace who has created a new series of replicants, the Nexus 9, which are a step above those in the original movie. In the short, it’s been 13 years since the replicant prohibition…