Denis Villeneuve has expressed his interest in returning to the Blade Runner universe for another movie, though he says it would have to be "unconnected" from the original Blade Runner, released in 1982, and his 2017 sequel, Blade Runner 2049. In an interview with Empire, Villeneuve reflected on his ambitious sci-fi sequel, set thirty years after the events of the Ridley Scott's groundbreaking film, as he admitted that the movie's neon-soaked world stimulated more than one story in his mind. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2017/09/29/blade-runner-2049-review"] "It's such an inspiring place, the Blade Runner world," he told the publication.