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|name = Niander Wallace
 
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|image = BladeRunner-NianderWallace.jpg
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BladeRunner-NianderWallace.jpg|2049
|born = 2001
 
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Niander Wallace (2036).png|2036
|age = 48
 
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Niander Wallace 2032.jpg|2032
|status = Alive
 
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|born = c. [[1993]]{{ref|rpg_corerules}}
 
|race = Human
 
|race = Human
 
|gender = Male
 
|gender = Male
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|family = [[Niander Wallace, Sr.]] (father)
 
|hair color = Black
 
|hair color = Black
|eye color = Green (Blind)
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|eye color = Green (blinded in [[2032]])
 
|occupation = CEO of [[Wallace Corporation]]
 
|occupation = CEO of [[Wallace Corporation]]
|affiliation = Wallace Corporation
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|affiliation = [[Wallace Corporation]]
 
|portrayed =
|featured = [[2036: Nexus Dawn]]<br>[[Blade Runner 2049]]
 
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*[[Jared Leto]] (''[[Blade Runner 2049]]'', ''[[2036: Nexus Dawn]]'')
|portrayed = [[Jared Leto]]
 
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*Cory Todd (''[[Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab]]'')
}}
 
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*[[Wes Bentley]] (''[[Blade Runner: Black Lotus]]'', English)
 
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*[[Takehito Koyasu]] (''Blade Runner: Black Lotus'', Japanese)
'''Niander Wallace''' is a scientist, [[replicant]] manufacturer, technologist and the founding CEO of the replicant manufacturering company, [[Wallace Corporation]]. He is first introduced as ''[[2036: Nexus Dawn]]'', a short video as a part of the promotion of ''[[Blade Runner 2049]]'', in which he appears as the main antagonist.
 
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*[[Tony Nakajima]] (motion capture)
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|nationality = American}}
 
'''Niander Wallace, Jr.''' was a scientist, [[replicant]] manufacturer, technologist, and the CEO of the replicant manufacturing company, [[Wallace Corporation]].
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
===Description===
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===2025-2028===
 
Wallace's first move onto the world stage occurred after the [[Blackout]] brought the world into a state of crisis, with stock markets crashing and food shortages prevalent. He pioneered advancements into genetically modified food, essentially bringing an end to the global food crisis, ending his reclusiveness, and allowing his company to expand on [[Earth]] and onto [[off-world]] [[Off-world Colonies|Colonies]].{{ref|timeline}}
It is unknown whether Wallace was born blind or if he lost his sight over time. Regardless, he manages to see with the help of a fleet of miniature drones in conjunction with an insert placed in his neck. Wallace has been seen wearing a kimono, as well as business attire for important meetings. His slicked back hair in conjunction with his beard give him a unique look, and his way of speaking is more in line with a poet or prophet than a corporate head.
 
   
 
Three years later, the bankrupt [[Tyrell Corporation]] was bought out by the Wallace Corporation, indicating the desire to continue replicant development despite the prohibition of replicant technology after the Blackout.{{ref|timeline}}
A self-proclaimed recluse, Wallace's affliction made it difficult for him to travel, but did not stop him from innovating.
 
   
===Events of 2025-2028===
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===2030s===
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[[File:Black Lotus screenshot 1.jpg|thumb|left|Wallace tattoos Elle]]
Wallace's first move onto the world stage occurred after the [[Blade Runner Black Out 2022|Blackout]] brought the world into a state of crisis, with stock markets crashing and food shortages prevalent. He pioneered advancements into genetically modified food, essentially bringing an end to the global food crisis, ending his reclusiveness, and allowing his company to expand on [[Earth]] and onto [[Off-world]] [[Off-world Colonies|Colonies]].
 
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By October [[2032]], Wallace created the replicant [[Elle]] as part of a plot to assassinate [[Niander Wallace, Sr.|his father]]. He tattooed a black lotus onto Elle as she lay by a pool, acting as her lover. He entered into an arrangement with former [[Blade Runner Unit|Blade Runner]] [[Joseph]] to help ensure that Elle would be successful.{{ref|AllTheBestMemories}}
   
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Wallace had failed to deliver on promises in developing memories, a fact which his father brought up during a game of Go. The game was then interrupted by a phone call informing the elder Wallace that Senator [[Arthur Bannister]] had been killed.{{ref|AllWeAreNot}}
Three years later, the bankrupt [[Tyrell Corporation]] is bought out by Wallace, indicating Wallace's desire to continue replicant development despite the prohibition of replicant technology after the Blackout.
 
   
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Later, Wallace and his father viewed news coverage on Bannister's death, with the younger Wallace noting that the Senator's death may complicate lifting the ban on replicant production. While his father noted his advancements in genetic proteins, he stated his concern that Wallace Jr. often lacked funding and power to accompany his innovations. The younger Wallace reflected upon his work, comparing it to that of a god.{{ref|HumanCondition}}
===Events of the 2030's===
 
See: [[2036: Nexus Dawn|''2036: Nexus Dawn'']]
 
   
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Later, while he was alone, Wallace made moves on a Go board. He then received a call from his father, but proceeded to ignore it.{{ref|Pressure}}
Wallace began to modify genetic engineering to produce replicants that were not only superior in strength and agility compared to their human creators, but also loyal beyond question, bred to obey. These [[Nexus-9]] replicants were made legal by Wallace and the magistrates of [[Los Angeles]] in 2036, allowing replicants into the workforce and society.
 
   
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Finding that he had been locked out of his office, Wallace went to his father to inform him of such. The elder Wallace then revealed that he was intending to sell the company's assets from Tyrell, including the replicant division, wishing to distance the company from slayings caused by [[Elle]], a replicant they created. Calmly, Wallace Jr. insisted that his replicants were flawless and that his father would soon come to realize this.{{ref|Reality}}
===Strive for Evolution===
 
After the film's events progressed, [[K]] visits the headquarters of [[Wallace Corporation]], the company of Niander, where the deceased female is identified from DNA archives as Rachael, an experimental replicant designed by the inventor of replicants, Dr. Tyrell. K learns of Rachael's romantic ties with former blade runner Rick Deckard.
 
   
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Later, Wallace visited his father again. He noted his father's worried state, learning that Elle had killed [[Doctor M]] and was now after him, despite the fact that she was supposed to be obedient. To this, the younger Wallace stated that obedient ones would often find their own way and embrace free will. In response to his father's belief that replicants always kill their creators, Wallace Jr. asked rhetorically how one could control nature, as replicants were seen as the next step in human evolution. As his father worried further, the younger Wallace pointed out that the situation was born from his father's own folly, as he had organized the doll hunt. He then compared his father's irresponsibility with power to Saturn eating his children. The elder Wallace then insisted if the public learned about the situation, Wallace Jr.'s reputation would be affected as well, so-called for the conflict to be brought to an end. Calmly, Wallace Jr. stated that it was already coming to an end. He made a play on the Go board, then bid his father farewell.{{ref|FreeWill}}
Wallace himself, the CEO, wants to discover the secret to reproduction in replicants in order to support interstellar colonization, and to this end he sends a replicant named [[Luv]], which serves as the secondary antagonist and as the main assistant to Wallace, to steal Rachael's remains from [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] headquarters and follow K to find Rachael's child.
 
   
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After his father was successfully killed by Elle, Wallace inherited the company, becoming its CEO.{{ref|AllTheBestMemories}}
K seeks out Dr. [[Ana Stelline]], the leading designer of replicant memories, who confirms that his memory of the orphanage is real. This leads K to believe that he is [[Rachael]]'s son. At LAPD headquarters, K fails a test for his replicant obedience, but claims that he failed the test because he was emotional from completing his mission to kill the child. [[Joshi]] gives him 48 hours before he is retired, pending the results of his next test. After learning what K has discovered, Joi insists that he is special and names him "Joe". Preparing to flee, K transfers Joi to a mobile emitter on her request. K has the wooden horse analyzed, which reveals traces of radiation that lead him to the ruins of Las Vegas. There he finds [[Rick Deckard|Deckard]], who reveals that he is the father of Rachael's child and that he scrambled the birth records to protect the child's identity before leaving it in the custody of the replicant freedom movement.
 
   
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As Wallace tattooed a water lily onto [[Water Lily|another replicant]], Joseph called him, having learned that Wallace was behind her memory implants. When Wallace clarified that their arrangement was for his own benefit, Joseph asked what would happen next.{{ref|ClairDeLune}} Wallace commanded Joseph to retire Elle, as her purpose had been served.{{ref|AllTheBestMemories}}
After killing Joshi, Luv and her men track K to Deckard's location. They kidnap Deckard, destroy [[Joi]] and leave a wounded K to die. K is rescued by the [[Replicant resistance movement]] and their leader [[Freysa]] informs him that Rachael's child is female. In order to ensure that Deckard does not lead Wallace to Rachael's daughter or to the replicant freedom movement, Freysa orders K to kill Deckard. Meanwhile, Deckard is brought before Wallace, who offers him a clone of Rachael as a reward for revealing what he knows. When Deckard refuses, Wallace orders Luv to escort Deckard off-world to be tortured for information.
 
   
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As a public eulogy of his father was broadcast, Wallace reflected upon his newfound freedom since his father's death. He wished to continue his plans to create a perfect world, though noted he had loose ends to tie up. He soon heard from Joseph that Elle had been retired, to which Wallace announced that arrangements for Joseph to emigrate Off-world had been completed. After hanging up, however, Wallace expressed his distrust in Joseph, wishing to deal with him later. Noting that he could not have one of his own creations live on for its own glory, he gave Water Lily a sword, ordering her to eliminate Elle.{{ref|AllTheBestMemories}}
K intercepts Deckard's captors and kills Luv but is mortally injured in the fight. K stages Deckard's death to protect him from both Wallace and the replicants. Wallace's status is left alive ,yet it is unknown if he would return in a possible third film of the Blade Runner films.
 
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After tracking down Elle, Water Lily called Wallace to report her escape. Wallace ordered Water Lily to discontinue her pursuit of Elle and instead meet him at the Tyrell building, confident that Elle would find him on her own.{{ref|ArtificialSouls}}
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Wallace awaited Elle in the late [[Eldon Tyrell]]'s office, welcoming her upon her arrival and commending her for becoming everything he intended her to be. However, he noted that she had defied him and that she would soon die. Elle attempted to attack him, but was not successful due to her programming. Water Lily then attacked Elle and they fought. Wallace watched until slipping away to the replicant manufacture wing, where he found Joseph, who had planted C4 upon a series of tanks. He delivered a soliloquy about his intention for his creations to replace humanity once it had died off. Joseph presented a device, acting as though it were a detonator, but Wallace did not fall for this bluff, instead taking the object and tossing it away.{{ref|TimeToDie}}
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[[File:Wallace eyes slashed.jpg|thumb|right]]
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Elle soon arrived in the room, followed by Water Lily and their fight continued. Seeing that Elle had gained the upper hand and disarmed her opponent, Wallace embraced Water Lily and said that despite her loyalty and purity, she was flawed, prompting him to stab her in the chest with her own sword. After Elle again tried to attack, Wallace offered her to be in his service and receive her creator's love. She sheathed her sword, feigning acceptance, but quickly drew it again to slash Wallace's eyes, blinding him.{{ref|TimeToDie}}
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One month later, Wallace assured a member of his company that his father's death and his own disfigurement would not curtail the company's activities. He turned toward his office's window and noted that he saw only "limitless possibilities."{{ref|TimeToDie}}
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After Elle escaped Los Angeles, Wallace ordered for her to be returned to him, preferably alive.{{ref|bl1}} However, when [[Menzes]] reported a sighting of Elle at [[Emile Barnes]]' fracktory just before its destruction, Wallace asked for her head.{{ref|bl4}}
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[[File:Niander Wallace Nexus-9 replicant.jpg|thumb|left]]
 
Wallace began to modify genetic engineering to produce replicants that were not only superior in strength and agility compared to their human creators, but also loyal beyond question, bred to obey. These [[Nexus-9]] replicants were made legal after Wallace convinced the [[lawmakers|magistrates]] of [[Los Angeles]] in [[2036]] by showing them a completely obedient [[male Nexus-9]].{{ref|timeline}}{{ref|br2036}}
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In [[2038]], Wallace summoned LAPD officials to his office, where he reflected on the past failed replicant models. He presented to them one of the first Nexus-9s, [[Luv]], to the LAPD to serve as a completely obedient and unsympathetic Blade Runner.{{ref|br2039_5}} Her performance was intended to define the standard of Nexus-9 replicants. She quickly held a record number of retirements, impressing Wallace.{{ref|br2039_1}}
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After learning of the existence of [[Isobel Selwyn (second replicant)|a replicant copy]] of [[Alexander Selwyn]]'s late wife [[Isobel Selwyn|Isobel]], Wallace assigned Luv to find her and deliver her to Wallace to be used for his replicant research.{{ref|br2039_1}} After Luv was attacked by [[Hythe]], who resided in Selwyn's former home, Wallace was proud of Luv's performance, believing that Hythe's attack proved that she possessed the data he sought.{{ref|br2039_3}}
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When Luv failed to bring him Selwyn's research and lost track of [[Aahna Ashina]] and [[Cleo Selwyn]], Wallace was disappointed in her. He provided to her a [[Aahna Ashina (replicant)|replicant copy of Ashina]], codenamed Rash, to assist her in her assignment.{{ref|br2039_4}} He demonstrated that Rash was completely obedient and the only command she could not follow was killing a human. He sent them away, demanding Selwyn's research and Isobel.{{ref|br2039_5}}
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Luv and Rash returned to Wallace, the latter injured from a gunfight with the replicant [[Mack]]. Wallace was unconcerned that they failed to capture Isobel, assuring them that she would now come to him. Later, Wallace grinned as he remotely listened in on a conversation between [[Freysa Sadeghpour]] and Ash, during which Ash disclosed her plans to kill Wallace.{{ref|br2039_8}}
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Rash eventually went missing and Wallace ordered Luv to find her.{{ref|br2039_9}}
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===2049===
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In [[2049]], the remains of [[Rachael]], a [[Nexus-7]] replicant who had given birth, were discovered by the Nexus-9 [[Blade Runner]], [[K]], who visited the Wallace Corporation's headquarters in search of Rachael's identity.{{ref|br2049}}
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Wallace himself wanted to discover the secret to reproduction in replicants in order to support interstellar colonization, and to this end he sent Luv, now his assistant, to steal Rachael's remains from the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] headquarters and follow K to find Rachael's child.{{ref|br2049}}
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The pursuit of K led to the information that the child's father was former Blade Runner [[Rick Deckard]], who was living in exile in [[Las Vegas]]. Luv and her men captured Deckard and brought him before Wallace, who offered him a clone of Rachael as a reward for revealing what he knew. When Deckard refused, Wallace ordered Luv to escort Deckard off-world to be tortured for information.{{ref|br2049}}
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K intercepted Deckard's captors and killed Luv but was mortally injured in the fight. Unbeknownst to Wallace, K then staged Deckard's death to protect him from both Wallace and the replicants.{{ref|br2049}}
   
 
==Personality==
 
==Personality==
Niander Wallace is an extremely sophisticated and perceptive individual, possessing an incredibly high intellect.
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Niander Wallace was an extremely sophisticated and perceptive individual, possessing an incredibly high intellect and a calm demeanor.
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Despite all of his sophistication, Wallace was determined to accomplish his goals regardless of the cost. For example, when a new replicant was born, he silenced her and says cynically; "happy birthday," as she suffered. Wallace later tortured Deckard after he was brought before him, showing Deckard a clone of Rachael. He was also not a man who gave up easily, as he stated before Luv that the child of Rachael was the key for the future, not to the future of the humanity, but to the replicants, he willed to create. It could be shown how Luv was attempting to prove herself to her master by never giving up on accomplishing the task.
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He had somewhat of a god complex, as he called the replicants he creates "angels," and stated that he was a father of millions.
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Additionally, Wallace was shown to be a brilliant strategist, delegating and employing others, rather than getting his hands dirty. But despite his brilliance, he was frustrated by his inability to gift replicants the ability to reproduce naturally and was jealous of Tyrell's accomplishments achieving what he could not.
   
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==Behind the scenes==
His voice is smooth and calm and throughout the movie is never seen losing his temper.
 
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The role was originally written with musician and actor [[wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] in mind. [[Denis Villeneuve]] attempted to contact Bowie about the role just days prior to his death in January [[2016 (production)|2016]]. Villeneuve commented, ''"After that, I felt like David Bowie became my muse for this role, and I had to find someone with the same magnetism. I had to find a rock star."''{{ref|a&s}}
   
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A fan of the original ''[[Blade Runner]]'', [[Jared Leto]] had expressed interest in appearing in the [[Blade Runner 2049|sequel]] since [[2014 (production)|2014]], and was ultimately cast.{{ref|a&s}} [[Wes Bentley]] and [[Takehito Koyasu]] voiced the role in ''[[Blade Runner: Black Lotus]]'' while [[Tony Nakajima]] performed the motion capture.
Despite all of his sophistication, Wallace is determined to accomplish his goals regardless of the cost, he had murdered his new replicants right after they were born, and enjoyed the amount of pain the replicants recieved, for example, when a new Replicant was born, he silences her and says cynically; "Happy birthday", while the newborn Replicant is suffering. Wallace tortures Deckard after he is brought before him by showing a clone of Rachael. He is also not a man who gives up easily, as he states before Luv that the child of Rachael is the key for the future, but not to the future of the humanity, but to the Replicants he wills to create, and it can be shown how Luv is attempting to prove herself to her master by never giving up in accomplishing the task.
 
   
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Earlier versions of the script called for Wallace to have no eyes at all, only sockets, rather than simply being blind.{{ref|a&s}} For preparation, Leto worked with the Junior Blind of America and used Silicon Valley tech investors and inventors that he personally knew as examples of how Wallace would behave. During filming, he wore opaque contact lenses that made it impossible for him to see anything.
He has somewhat of a god complex, and states that he is a father of millions (which partially is true). Additionally, Wallace is shown to be a brilliant strategist, delegating and employing others, rather than getting his hands dirty.
 
   
==Trivia==
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==References==
 
{{Imagecat|Images (Niander Wallace)}}
* Late singer [[Wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] was the original choice to play Niander Wallace, but he passed away before the pre-production of ''Blade Runner 2049'' began, allowing [[Jared Leto]] to be cast as Wallace.
 
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{{Reflist}}
* In order to portray the blind character of Niander Wallace Jared Leto decided to fit himself with opaque contact lenses that made it impossible for him to see any thing.
 
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{{Lastfirst}}
* Jared Leto used Silicon Valley tech investors and inventors that he personally knows as examples of how Niander Wallace would behave.
 
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[[ja:ネアンデル・ウォレス]]
* Jared Leto worked with the organization Junior Blind of America to research blindness in preparation for the role of Niander Wallace.
 
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[[Category:Individuals (film continuity)]]
* [[Wikipedia:Gary Oldman|Gary Oldman]] and [[Wikipedia:Ed Harris|Ed Harris]] were considered for the role of Wallace before Jared Leto was cast.
 
 
[[Category:Film continuity]]
* Wallace is blind so he uses to floating cameras as eyes that operate with a device on his neck moving around at Wallace's will.
 
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[[Category:Wallace Corporation personnel]]
[[Category:Blade Runner 2049]]
 

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Niander Wallace, Jr. was a scientist, replicant manufacturer, technologist, and the CEO of the replicant manufacturing company, Wallace Corporation.

Biography[]

2025-2028[]

Wallace's first move onto the world stage occurred after the Blackout brought the world into a state of crisis, with stock markets crashing and food shortages prevalent. He pioneered advancements into genetically modified food, essentially bringing an end to the global food crisis, ending his reclusiveness, and allowing his company to expand on Earth and onto off-world Colonies.[2]

Three years later, the bankrupt Tyrell Corporation was bought out by the Wallace Corporation, indicating the desire to continue replicant development despite the prohibition of replicant technology after the Blackout.[2]

2030s[]

Black Lotus screenshot 1

Wallace tattoos Elle

By October 2032, Wallace created the replicant Elle as part of a plot to assassinate his father. He tattooed a black lotus onto Elle as she lay by a pool, acting as her lover. He entered into an arrangement with former Blade Runner Joseph to help ensure that Elle would be successful.[3]

Wallace had failed to deliver on promises in developing memories, a fact which his father brought up during a game of Go. The game was then interrupted by a phone call informing the elder Wallace that Senator Arthur Bannister had been killed.[4]

Later, Wallace and his father viewed news coverage on Bannister's death, with the younger Wallace noting that the Senator's death may complicate lifting the ban on replicant production. While his father noted his advancements in genetic proteins, he stated his concern that Wallace Jr. often lacked funding and power to accompany his innovations. The younger Wallace reflected upon his work, comparing it to that of a god.[5]

Later, while he was alone, Wallace made moves on a Go board. He then received a call from his father, but proceeded to ignore it.[6]

Finding that he had been locked out of his office, Wallace went to his father to inform him of such. The elder Wallace then revealed that he was intending to sell the company's assets from Tyrell, including the replicant division, wishing to distance the company from slayings caused by Elle, a replicant they created. Calmly, Wallace Jr. insisted that his replicants were flawless and that his father would soon come to realize this.[7]

Later, Wallace visited his father again. He noted his father's worried state, learning that Elle had killed Doctor M and was now after him, despite the fact that she was supposed to be obedient. To this, the younger Wallace stated that obedient ones would often find their own way and embrace free will. In response to his father's belief that replicants always kill their creators, Wallace Jr. asked rhetorically how one could control nature, as replicants were seen as the next step in human evolution. As his father worried further, the younger Wallace pointed out that the situation was born from his father's own folly, as he had organized the doll hunt. He then compared his father's irresponsibility with power to Saturn eating his children. The elder Wallace then insisted if the public learned about the situation, Wallace Jr.'s reputation would be affected as well, so-called for the conflict to be brought to an end. Calmly, Wallace Jr. stated that it was already coming to an end. He made a play on the Go board, then bid his father farewell.[8]

After his father was successfully killed by Elle, Wallace inherited the company, becoming its CEO.[3]

As Wallace tattooed a water lily onto another replicant, Joseph called him, having learned that Wallace was behind her memory implants. When Wallace clarified that their arrangement was for his own benefit, Joseph asked what would happen next.[9] Wallace commanded Joseph to retire Elle, as her purpose had been served.[3]

As a public eulogy of his father was broadcast, Wallace reflected upon his newfound freedom since his father's death. He wished to continue his plans to create a perfect world, though noted he had loose ends to tie up. He soon heard from Joseph that Elle had been retired, to which Wallace announced that arrangements for Joseph to emigrate Off-world had been completed. After hanging up, however, Wallace expressed his distrust in Joseph, wishing to deal with him later. Noting that he could not have one of his own creations live on for its own glory, he gave Water Lily a sword, ordering her to eliminate Elle.[3]

After tracking down Elle, Water Lily called Wallace to report her escape. Wallace ordered Water Lily to discontinue her pursuit of Elle and instead meet him at the Tyrell building, confident that Elle would find him on her own.[10]

Wallace awaited Elle in the late Eldon Tyrell's office, welcoming her upon her arrival and commending her for becoming everything he intended her to be. However, he noted that she had defied him and that she would soon die. Elle attempted to attack him, but was not successful due to her programming. Water Lily then attacked Elle and they fought. Wallace watched until slipping away to the replicant manufacture wing, where he found Joseph, who had planted C4 upon a series of tanks. He delivered a soliloquy about his intention for his creations to replace humanity once it had died off. Joseph presented a device, acting as though it were a detonator, but Wallace did not fall for this bluff, instead taking the object and tossing it away.[11]

Wallace eyes slashed

Elle soon arrived in the room, followed by Water Lily and their fight continued. Seeing that Elle had gained the upper hand and disarmed her opponent, Wallace embraced Water Lily and said that despite her loyalty and purity, she was flawed, prompting him to stab her in the chest with her own sword. After Elle again tried to attack, Wallace offered her to be in his service and receive her creator's love. She sheathed her sword, feigning acceptance, but quickly drew it again to slash Wallace's eyes, blinding him.[11]

One month later, Wallace assured a member of his company that his father's death and his own disfigurement would not curtail the company's activities. He turned toward his office's window and noted that he saw only "limitless possibilities."[11]

After Elle escaped Los Angeles, Wallace ordered for her to be returned to him, preferably alive.[12] However, when Menzes reported a sighting of Elle at Emile Barnes' fracktory just before its destruction, Wallace asked for her head.[13]

Niander Wallace Nexus-9 replicant

Wallace began to modify genetic engineering to produce replicants that were not only superior in strength and agility compared to their human creators, but also loyal beyond question, bred to obey. These Nexus-9 replicants were made legal after Wallace convinced the magistrates of Los Angeles in 2036 by showing them a completely obedient male Nexus-9.[2][14]

In 2038, Wallace summoned LAPD officials to his office, where he reflected on the past failed replicant models. He presented to them one of the first Nexus-9s, Luv, to the LAPD to serve as a completely obedient and unsympathetic Blade Runner.[15] Her performance was intended to define the standard of Nexus-9 replicants. She quickly held a record number of retirements, impressing Wallace.[16]

After learning of the existence of a replicant copy of Alexander Selwyn's late wife Isobel, Wallace assigned Luv to find her and deliver her to Wallace to be used for his replicant research.[16] After Luv was attacked by Hythe, who resided in Selwyn's former home, Wallace was proud of Luv's performance, believing that Hythe's attack proved that she possessed the data he sought.[17]

When Luv failed to bring him Selwyn's research and lost track of Aahna Ashina and Cleo Selwyn, Wallace was disappointed in her. He provided to her a replicant copy of Ashina, codenamed Rash, to assist her in her assignment.[18] He demonstrated that Rash was completely obedient and the only command she could not follow was killing a human. He sent them away, demanding Selwyn's research and Isobel.[15]

Luv and Rash returned to Wallace, the latter injured from a gunfight with the replicant Mack. Wallace was unconcerned that they failed to capture Isobel, assuring them that she would now come to him. Later, Wallace grinned as he remotely listened in on a conversation between Freysa Sadeghpour and Ash, during which Ash disclosed her plans to kill Wallace.[19]

Rash eventually went missing and Wallace ordered Luv to find her.[20]

2049[]

In 2049, the remains of Rachael, a Nexus-7 replicant who had given birth, were discovered by the Nexus-9 Blade Runner, K, who visited the Wallace Corporation's headquarters in search of Rachael's identity.[21]

Wallace himself wanted to discover the secret to reproduction in replicants in order to support interstellar colonization, and to this end he sent Luv, now his assistant, to steal Rachael's remains from the LAPD headquarters and follow K to find Rachael's child.[21]

The pursuit of K led to the information that the child's father was former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who was living in exile in Las Vegas. Luv and her men captured Deckard and brought him before Wallace, who offered him a clone of Rachael as a reward for revealing what he knew. When Deckard refused, Wallace ordered Luv to escort Deckard off-world to be tortured for information.[21]

K intercepted Deckard's captors and killed Luv but was mortally injured in the fight. Unbeknownst to Wallace, K then staged Deckard's death to protect him from both Wallace and the replicants.[21]

Personality[]

Niander Wallace was an extremely sophisticated and perceptive individual, possessing an incredibly high intellect and a calm demeanor.

Despite all of his sophistication, Wallace was determined to accomplish his goals regardless of the cost. For example, when a new replicant was born, he silenced her and says cynically; "happy birthday," as she suffered. Wallace later tortured Deckard after he was brought before him, showing Deckard a clone of Rachael. He was also not a man who gave up easily, as he stated before Luv that the child of Rachael was the key for the future, not to the future of the humanity, but to the replicants, he willed to create. It could be shown how Luv was attempting to prove herself to her master by never giving up on accomplishing the task.

He had somewhat of a god complex, as he called the replicants he creates "angels," and stated that he was a father of millions.

Additionally, Wallace was shown to be a brilliant strategist, delegating and employing others, rather than getting his hands dirty. But despite his brilliance, he was frustrated by his inability to gift replicants the ability to reproduce naturally and was jealous of Tyrell's accomplishments achieving what he could not.

Behind the scenes[]

The role was originally written with musician and actor David Bowie in mind. Denis Villeneuve attempted to contact Bowie about the role just days prior to his death in January 2016. Villeneuve commented, "After that, I felt like David Bowie became my muse for this role, and I had to find someone with the same magnetism. I had to find a rock star."[22]

A fan of the original Blade Runner, Jared Leto had expressed interest in appearing in the sequel since 2014, and was ultimately cast.[22] Wes Bentley and Takehito Koyasu voiced the role in Blade Runner: Black Lotus while Tony Nakajima performed the motion capture.

Earlier versions of the script called for Wallace to have no eyes at all, only sockets, rather than simply being blind.[22] For preparation, Leto worked with the Junior Blind of America and used Silicon Valley tech investors and inventors that he personally knew as examples of how Wallace would behave. During filming, he wore opaque contact lenses that made it impossible for him to see anything.

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