2048: Nowhere to Run was a prequel to the feature film directed by whom?
2048: Nowhere to Run 2048: Nowhere to Run (known in Chinese and Taiwanese territories as 2048: No Escape or 2048: Nowhere to Escape; alteratively known as Blade Runner 2048) is a 2017 American neo-noir science fiction short film acting as a prequel to the feature film "Blade Runner 2049" and the sequel to short film ""; it was released on August 30, 2017, less than one month before the release of the feature film, and features Dave Bautista as "Blade Runner 2049" character Sapper Morton, alongside Orion Ben. The film was written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, who also wrote the feature film, and directed by Luke Scott, whose father Ridley Scott directed the original "Blade Runner" and is executive producer on the sequel "Blade Runner 2049".
Shaft (2000 film) Shaft is a 2000 American action thriller film directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa L. Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette and Richard Roundtree. This film is not a remake of the 1971 film of the same name, but rather a sequel, therefore making it a fourth installment. Jackson's John Shaft character is the nephew of the original John Shaft. The film received generally positive reviews and opened at the number one position at the box office when it debuted June 16, 2000.