‘Knock Knock’ Star Ana De Armas Joins ‘Blade Runner 2’
Earlier this week,Blade Runner 2had its release datemoved upfrom January 12th, 2018 to October 6th 2017, but that’s not the only good news today for anyone looking forward to directorDenis Villeneuve’s (Sicario) sequel.Ana de Armas, a very promising actress you might recognize fromKnock Knock, has just joined theBlade Runner 2cast.
Learn more about the sequel and de Armas below.
This is a potentially big year for de Armas. While the two Keanu Reevesfilms she just starred in,Knock KnockandExposed, didn’t find much of an audience — the latter of those movies was just flat-out butchered and dumped into theaters — she proved to be an actress with plenty of range in both films. She couldn’t have delivered two more dissimilar performances, and yet both were equally compelling.
This summer, she’s starring in bothWar DogsandHands of Stone, movies that look intriguing enough to potentially be surprise hits this summer. Before either film opens in theaters, though, she’s already secured another leading role withBlade Runner 2. Her character inBlade Runner 2is, of course, currently under wraps, but the press releases describes it as a “leading role.”
Here’s a part of the press release sent out:
ANA DE ARMAS JOINS ‘BLADE RUNNER’ SEQUEL IN LEADING ROLE
LOS ANGELES, CA, August 25, 2025 – Ana de Armas will join Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright and Dave Bautista in a leading role in Alcon Entertainment’s sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 masterpiece BLADE RUNNER, it was announced by Alcon co-founders and co-CEO’s Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.
Cuban born Ana de Armas began her career in Spanish language film and television in Cuba, then later Spain. She will be seen in two major motion pictures releasing this August, including The Weinstein Company’s boxing biopic Hands of Stone, in which she appears alongside Robert De Niro and Edgar Ramirez, and Warner Bros.' comedic drama War Dogs starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller.
States Johnson and Kosove: “We think Ana is one of the most exciting, up-and-coming international actors in the world today, and we are thrilled she will be playing such an important part in this sequel.”
De Armas is a new addition to the list of reasons why maybe we shouldn’t be so skeptical about the sci-fi sequel. OnBlade Runner 2, the actress will work with plenty of talent that generally evoke promise, includingRyan Gosling,Harrison Ford,Robin Wright, andbest of all, legendary cinematographerRoger Deakins, a now frequent collaborator of Villeneuve’s. ThePrisonersandEnemydirector will begin shooting the sequel, which is set decades afterRidley Scott’s original 1982 film, this July.
