‘Blade Runner’ and ‘The Expanse’ Merchandise Coming From Striker Entertainment
BY RACHEL LEISHMAN
PUBLISHED 19 HOURS AGO
Alcon Entertainment has hired Striker Entertainment to handle the licensing of merchandise based on the
Blade Runner franchise, with an emphasis on the upcoming animated Adult Swim series
Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Amazon Prime's
The Expanse. Alcon Entertainment owns the rights to the
Ridley Scott creation and as his world continues to grow, this new merchandise will likely keep fans of
Blade Runner excited.
Alcon co-founders and Co-CEOs
Broderick Johnson and
Andrew Kosove seem to be incredibly excited about the partnership. And it is exciting to finally have some
Blade Runner merch coming our way. "We are thrilled to continue to expand the
Blade Runner universe beyond the screen and create incredible merchandise for
Blade Runner fans in partnership with Striker Entertainment," said Johnson and Kosove in a press release. Striker Entertainment has previously worked with products based on such brands as
The Walking Dead,
Five Nights at Freddy's,
The Umbrella Academy, and
Ozark, just to name a few.
They also went on to talk about merchandise for the popular series
The Expanse. "Furthermore,
The Expanse fans have been clamoring for more opportunities to own products associated with the show and we trust Striker Entertainment will take great care of them."
Blade Runner: Black Lotus will be releasing later in 2021 on Adult Swim.
The Expanse will release its sixth season on Amazon Prime Video this fall.
The
Blade Runner franchise includes the 1982 film by Scott starring
Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard. It spawned plenty of theories from fans of all ages and led to the 2017 film
Blade Runner: 2049 starring Ford and
Ryan Gosling. It's a future unlike our own but set in a world where replicants threaten the existence of humanity and is frankly one of the best science fiction stories in film.
While it's unclear when we will see the first products from this new line of merchandise, the continuation of the
Blade Runner franchise, and the opportunity for new merchandise within that series, as well as
The Expanse, makes this a great time to be a fan of both of these sci-fi worlds.
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