<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $258.7 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Blade Runner 2049 is a 2017 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green . A sequel to the 1982 film Blade Runner, the film stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, with Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista and Jared Leto in supporting roles . Set thirty years after the first film, Gosling plays K, a Blade Runner, who hunts rogue replicants . </P> <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, and has grossed $258 million worldwide . </P> <P> In 2049, replicants (bioengineered humans) are servants and slaves in society . K, a replicant, works for the LAPD as a "Blade Runner"--an officer who hunts down and "retires" (kills) rogue replicants . While on assignment, K visits a protein farm and retires the rogue replicant Sapper Morton . He finds a box buried under a dead tree . At the morgue K finds out they are the remains of a female replicant who died during an emergency caesarean section . They conclude it is possible that replicants can reproduce through conventional sexual means, which was previously thought impossible . At her office, Lieutenant Joshi (K's superior) is fearful this new knowledge could lead to a war between humans and replicants . She orders K to find and retire the replicant child to prevent the truth from coming out . </P>

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