Blade Runner 2049 is a big movie with a visual and thematic scale audiences rarely see, and the ending — indeed, the whole plot — is much more twisty and nuanced than a simple summary can provide.

Tangent “Blade Runner 2049” opened in theaters in October 2017, directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford. The movie, a sequel to “Blade Runner” (1982), was ...

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Tesla impressed its fans during the We, Robot event on October 10, but it also irked Blade Runner 2049 producers by using AI-generated images inspired by the movie without permission.

Tesla has been sued by the production company behind Blade Runner 2049. Elon Musk ’s automotive and clean energy company is accused of feeding images from the sci-fi film into an artificial ...

Alcon Entertainment, the production company that made Blade Runner 2049, is suing Tesla, its CEO Elon Musk and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) over the imagery.

In their complaint, Alcon also names Warner Bros. Discovery, Blade Runner 2049‘s distributor, for allegedly allowing Tesla to lease their studio lot space and access other proprietary materials.

WBD was Alcon’s domestic distributor for the 2017 release of Blade Runner 2049. It has limited clip licensing rights, though not for Tesla’s livestream TV event, the lawsuit claims.

The end of Blade Runner 2049 sees the conclusion or resolution of the fates of its four main characters: Officer K, Rick Deckard, Dr. Ana Stelline, and Luv.

Musk’s livestreamed presentation — a grand unveiling of a car that Tesla says will be able to drive itself — did not use exact “Blade Runner 2049” images, according to the complaint.