<P> Principal photography took place between July and November 2016, mainly in Budapest, Hungary . Blade Runner 2049 premiered in Los Angeles on October 3, 2017 and was released in the United States in 2D, 3D and IMAX on October 6, 2017 . The film was praised by critics for its performances, direction, cinematography, musical score, production design, and faithfulness to the original film . Despite positive reviews, the film was a box office disappointment, grossing just $92 million in North America and $259 million worldwide . </P> <P> Blade Runner 2049 received five nominations at the 90th Academy Awards, including Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography . It received eight nominations at the 71st British Academy Film Awards, including Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best Special Visual Effects . </P> <P> In 2049, replicants (described as "bioengineered humans") are slaves . K, a replicant, works for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) as a "Blade Runner", an officer who hunts and "retires" (kills) rogue replicants . At a protein farm, he retires Sapper Morton and finds a box buried under a tree . The box contains the remains of a female replicant who died during a caesarean section, demonstrating that replicants can reproduce sexually, previously thought impossible . K's superior Lieutenant Joshi is fearful that this could lead to a war between humans and replicants . She orders K to find and retire the replicant child to hide the truth . </P> <P> K visits the Wallace Corporation headquarters (the successor - in - interest in the manufacturing of replicants to the Tyrell Corporation, which went out of business) where the deceased female is identified from DNA archives as Rachael, an experimental replicant designed by Dr. Tyrell . K learns of Rachael's romantic ties with former blade runner Rick Deckard . Wallace CEO Niander Wallace wants to discover the secret to replicant reproduction to expand interstellar colonization . He sends his replicant enforcer Luv to steal Rachael's remains from LAPD headquarters and follow K to Rachael's child . </P>

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