It took Ridley Scott 25 years to perfect his "director's cut" for Blade Runner, but now he is jumping back into the future with a new sci-fi web series.
Titled Purefold, the package of five- to 10-minute webisodes is set shortly before 2019, when Blade Runner took place.
"It's actually based on the same themes as Blade Runner," series co-producer David Bausola told The New York Times. "It's the search for what it means to be human and understanding the notion of empathy."
The bad news: Purefold will likely be loaded with product placement, since advertising giants WPP, Publicis, Aegis Media and Naked Communications are consulting on the project.
The good news: Producers say they'll solicit story ideas from fans via social media site FriendFeed. Geeks can also repurpose all series content because *Purefold *will be presented under the Creative Commons license.
Bausola's Ag8 studio partnered with Scott's RSA Films for the project.
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