The "Blade Runner 2049" Trailer Is Here To Give Us A Look Into Our Future

The world surprisingly still exists, but it looks pretty bleak.

On May 8th, Sony dropped the trailer for Blade Runner 2049, the long-awaited sequel to the 1982 sci-fi cult classic Blade Runner.

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The film sees Harrison Ford reprising his role as bounty hunter (and possible replicant) Rick Deckard.

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Joining Ford is Ryan Gosling as LAPD Officer K, who uncovers a secret that could bring humanity to an end.

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Officer K is looking for Deckard, who disappeared 30 years ago, to help him with his discovery.

The film also features Jared Leto as replicant manufacturer Wallace...

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And Ana de Armas as the mysterious Joi.

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Edward James Olmos also returns as Gaff, a cop with origami skills.

The film, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival), uses the same dystopian neo-noir imagery of Ridley Scott's original, with muted greens, blues and blacks, and the ever-present fog and rain.

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In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the book Blade Runner is based on, the Earth's atmosphere is filled with dust and virtually unlivable following a world war.

The new trailer, however, featured several scenes bathed in an amber glow that wasn't seen in the original.

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Was the sun able to break free from the cloud of dust surrounding it in the original?

It also possibly gives a nod to the origami unicorn Deckard found at the end of the original film, which sparked thousands of "is Deckard a replicant or not" theories.

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"Your story isn't over yet. There is still a page left," an off-screen voice tells Officer K as he stands over a book with pages torn out, tears in his eyes.

Blade Runner 2049 hits theaters October 6th, 2017.

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