convinced a group of politicians to legalize his Nexus-9 generation of replicants in 2036. It had previously been suggested in some of the prequel material setting up Blade Runner 2049 that replicants were completely illegal until Niander Wallace, Jr. The first two episodes of Blade Runner: Black Lotus seem to have retconned the backstory of Niander Wallace, Jr., the tech magnate played by Jared Leto in Blade Runner 2049, while changing the history of replicant slaves on Earth. “And yet, here we are debating,” says Wallace.Warning! SPOILERS for Blade Runner: Black Lotus episodes 1 & 2 In this case, prohibition of the creation of replicants which cannot be debated or repealed. We have a character who wants to provide the world with a technological advancement that he feels will help mankind, while a governing body is there to impose their will. Overall, I think this achieved a compelling narrative, while staying clearly in the lines of the cyberpunk genre. It was intriguing to see what the first contained, since this likely sets up something provocative for the other two. It was mentioned in the introduction to the short by Villeneuve, himself, that there are in total three shorts created as prologues. We meet Niander Wallace, Jared Leto’s character, as he walks in and immediately learn that he has some type of ailment (blindness) that not only makes travel difficult, but also serves as a motive for creating the Nexus 9, his perfected replicants.Īs the the title states, Nexus Dawn takes place in 2036. This sets the tone that we’re looking at some sort of organizational structure that has power. It is clear that the characters we are seeing are affluent members of some type of judiciary board and have been waiting. Clearly a tone set in the first film, while adding a brighter palette. On first viewing, the color scheme is what captured me as a viewer. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years. In Blade Runner 2049, thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. 2049: Society divided between two classes, Replicant and humans.].2030: Prohibition repealed with help from Wallace (Now confirmed to be 2036, specifically).2025: The rise of Wallace Corp, helps solve food shortage.2022: A blackout on the west coast of the US.
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[Here is a full rundown of the timeline compliments of IGN: So in this Wallace piece, we see the beginnings of the new Replicants that are created after the prohibition is lifted. In 2023, government authorities legislated an indefinite “prohibition” on replicant production, as a year prior a massive EMP detonated on the West Coast and is pinned on Replicants. This “in-world” piece, 2036: Nexus Dawn, is one of three short films that will debut ahead of Blade Runner 2049, which will further flesh out the Blade Runner universe with even more information. unveiled a teaser that offered a bullet point rundown of the events that have occurred in the Blade Runner timeline since Ridley Scott’s original movie. This no doubt has serious ramifications that will be crucial to the plot of Blade Runner 2049.Īt Comic-Con this summer, Warner Bros. In this short, directed by Luke Scott (Morgan), Wallace introduces a new line of “perfected” replicants called the Nexus 9, seeking to get the prohibition on replicants repealed. The short film “Nexus: 2036” takes place in the year 2036 and revolves around Jared Leto’s character, Niander Wallace. 2036: Nexus Dawn was posted exclusively on the Collider, here is their description:Ĭollider is happy to exclusively premiere a Blade Runner 2049 prequel short film “in-world” piece that explains what happened in the world of Blade Runner between the first movie, set in 2019, and this sequel, set in 2049. It focuses around Jared Leto’s character, Niander Wallace, and his creation of new replicants, the Nexus 9 series. 2036: Nexus Dawn is a short film by Luke Scott (who directed Morgan) for Denis Villeneuve and provides auxiliary context for the sequel to one of the best cyberpunk movies of all time, Blade Runner.