Hollywood Uncorked Podcast

Steve Wegner (Insomnia, The Blind Side) was 12 years old when he saw Blade Runner, and even wrote a paper on it in film school. Little did he know he would become a producer on the film’s much anticipated sequel, Blade Runner 2049, which topped the box office this past weekend on some of the strongest reviews for a sci-fi movie in recent memory. In this episode, Steve joins the panel as they drink South African wine and discuss how a Blade Runner sequel came to be – from the “ah-ha” moment in the producing team’s first story meeting with Ridley Scott, what it took to get Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling on board, and why they gave the project the top-secret name “Acid Zoo” during development.