<P> On August 25, 2016, a construction worker was killed while dismantling one of the film's sets at Origo Studios . </P> <P> Warner Bros. announced in early October 2016 that the film would be titled Blade Runner 2049 . Editing commenced in December in Los Angeles, with the intention of having the film being rated R. At the 2017 San Diego Comic - Con, Villeneuve said that the film would run for approximately two - and - a-half hours . </P> <P> Rapper - producer El - P was asked to compose music for the first Blade Runner 2049 trailer, but his score was "rejected or ignored". Jóhann Jóhannsson, who had worked with Villeneuve on Prisoners, Sicario and Arrival, was initially announced as composer for the film . However, Villeneuve and Jóhannsson decided to end the collaboration because Villeneuve considered the film "needed something different, and I needed to go back to something closer to Vangelis's soundtrack". New composers Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch joined in July 2017 . In September, Jóhannsson's agent confirmed that he was no longer involved and that he was contractually forbidden from commenting on the situation . </P> <P> Blade Runner 2049 premiered on October 3, 2017 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, although following the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting, the red carpet events were cancelled prior to the screening . It was the opening feature at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in Montreal the following day . It also was premiered in Switzerland at the Zurich Film Festival on October 4, 2017 . </P>

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