Blade Runner (franchise)

Blade Runner is an American cyberpunk media franchise originating from Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which introduced the character of Rick Deckard. The novel was first adapted into the 1982 film Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, which underperformed at the American box office on release but became a cult classic with major influence on later science fiction and helped establish the cyberpunk subgenre. The franchise has since grown to include a film sequel, Blade Runner 2049, released in 2017, a novelization and comic adaptation of the original film, three prose sequel novels written by K. W. Jeter between 1995 and 2000, and a series of short films released around the 30th anniversary of the original film and around the release of its 2017 sequel.