Roger Deakins

‘Blade Runner 2’ Will Probably Be Converted to 3D
‘Blade Runner 2’ Will Probably Be Converted to 3D
‘Blade Runner 2’ Will Probably Be Converted to 3D
We had a chat with Roger Deakins last month, in which the famed cinematographer spoke briefly about re-teaming with Prisoners and Sicario director Denis Villeneuve for Blade Runner 2, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi masterpiece. Deakins couldn’t tell us too much, but he did get us a bit more excited about the upcoming sequel. Your excitement may vary based on the latest from Deakins, who reveals that Blade Runner 2 will probably be post-converted to 3D.
Interview: Roger Deakins on ‘Sicario’ and ‘Blade Runner 2’
Interview: Roger Deakins on ‘Sicario’ and ‘Blade Runner 2’
Interview: Roger Deakins on ‘Sicario’ and ‘Blade Runner 2’
If you’ve watched a movie in the last 25 years and thought to yourself “God, this film looks great,” odds are it was shot by Roger Deakins. The master cinematographer of such modern classics as The Shawshank Redemption, No Country for Old Men, and Skyfall is considered the best director of photography working today by almost everyone on the planet (except the Academy, which has nominated him twelve different times but never given him an Oscar).
Roger Deakins on ‘Blade Runner 2’: ‘It’s an Entirely Separate Movie’
Roger Deakins on ‘Blade Runner 2’: ‘It’s an Entirely Separate Movie’
Roger Deakins on ‘Blade Runner 2’: ‘It’s an Entirely Separate Movie’
Earlier this summer, it was announced that 12-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins would be working on Blade Runner 2, a comforting thought for those who were skeptical about a sequel. Whether the film is good or bad, necessary or not, we at least know that Blade Runner 2 will look fantastic. Though we know that Deakins will reunite with his Sicario and Prisoners director Denis Villeneuve for the film, we still don’t know much about what this new Blade Runner will be. Our own Matt Singer caught up with Deakins (who’s at the Toronto International Film Festival promoting Sicario) and asked Deakins about the film who said the sequel is “definitely going to happen” and is an “entirely separate movie” from the 1982 original.
Roger Deakins Will Shoot ‘Blade Runner 2’
Roger Deakins Will Shoot ‘Blade Runner 2’
Roger Deakins Will Shoot ‘Blade Runner 2’
Roger Deakins is widely regarded as one of the greatest cinematographers on the planet (except by the Academy, who’ve inexplicably never awarded him an Oscar despite 11 nominations). Deakins’ name in a film’s credits is a guarantee that no matter how terrible everything else in a movie is (and he has shot a couple stinkers), the movie will look gorgeous.