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The Walking Dead’s Lennie James joins Blade Runner 2

July 27, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Variety is reporting that The Walking Dead star Lennie James is in talks with Alcon Entertainment to join the cast of the forthcoming Blade Runner sequel, which is being directed by Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners, Sicario).

James will join a cast that includes the returning Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard alongside new additions Ryan Gosling (The Nice Guys), Robin Wright (House of Cards), Carla Juri (Morris From America), Ana de Armas (Knock Knock), Dave Bautista (Spectre), Mackenzie Davis (The Martian), Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), David Dastmalchian (Ant-Man), Hiam Abbass (Munich) and Sylvia Hoeks (Tirza).

SEE ALSO: You can check out concept art from the Blade runner sequel here and here

The as-yet-untitled Blade Runner sequel is set for release on October 6th 2017.

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Originally published July 27, 2016. Updated March 2, 2020.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2, Lennie James

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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