Blade Runner Short Films: Black Out, Nexus Dawn & More
Before Blade Runner 2049 opened in October 2017, Denis Villeneuve chose three filmmakers to make short films about the thirty years between the two features. Shinichiro Watanabe's anime Blade Runner Black Out 2022 showed the Nexus-8 replicants who wiped the replicant records with an EMP blast over Los Angeles. Luke Scott directed the other two, starting with 2036: Nexus Dawn, in which Niander Wallace asked lawmakers to lift the replicant ban. The last, 2048: Nowhere to Run, followed Sapper Morton a year before the film began. All three were released online, and their events fit into the Blade Runner timeline.
Blade Runner 2036: Nexus Dawn, Wallace's Nexus-9 Prequel
2036: Nexus Dawn was a 2017 short film directed by Luke Scott and one of three prequels to Blade Runner 2049. In Los Angeles in 2036, Niander Wallace asked lawmakers to repeal the replicant ban and proved his Nexus-9 would obey by ordering it to cut its own throat.
By Janno Vares October 15, 2026 Blade Runner Short Films | Blade Runner Lore
Blade Runner 2048: Nowhere To Run, Sapper Morton's Fall
2048: Nowhere to Run was a 2017 short film directed by Luke Scott and the last of three prequels to Blade Runner 2049. In Los Angeles in 2048, the replicant Sapper Morton fought off thugs attacking a girl and her mother, and a stranger reported him to the police.
By Janno Vares October 15, 2026 Blade Runner Short Films | Blade Runner Lore
Blade Runner Black Out 2022: The Anime Blackout Prequel
Blade Runner Black Out 2022 was a 2017 anime short directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and one of three prequels to Blade Runner 2049. It followed the Nexus-8 replicants Iggy and Trixie as they erased the Tyrell replicant records with an EMP blast over Los Angeles, which led to the ban on replicants.
By Janno Vares October 15, 2026 Blade Runner Short Films | Blade Runner Lore
