Good news for Blade Runner fans – apparently Harrison Ford is back to reprise his role as Rick Deckard the replicant hunter in the upcoming sequel with director of Prisoners Denis Villeneuve helming it and the story is scripted by the original Blade Runner scribe Hampton Fancher.
The filming will start in 2016 according to THR report.
The sequel will take place decades after the ending of the first movie but that is as far as we know about it. Ridley Scott will be back as executive producer in Alcon Entertainment so there is a hope that the story’s feel and mood will not to be far off from the first movie. According to Scott in his interview with MTV who presented the script to Harrison Ford, “He said, ‘Wow, this is the best thing I’ve ever read,’ so it’s very relevant to what happened in the first one,” he continues, “I’m not just doing a sequel with lots of action and see how far we can go with the special effects because you can’t really. Blade Runner kind of landed on a somehow very credible future. And it’s very difficult to change that because it’s been so influential with everything else.”
“We are honored that Harrison is joining us on this journey with Denis Villeneuve, who is a singular talent, as we experienced personally on Prisoners,” Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, two of the film’s producers who also head Alcon Entertainment said in a statement. “Hampton and Michael, with Ridley Scott, have crafted a uniquely potent and faithful sequel to one of the most universally celebrated films of all time, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with this amazing, creative team.”
So, it is finally happening. Are you excited about this? Comment below and let us know.
 is gathering steam and will start filming next year soon. The much awaited sequel to a beloved, cult sci-fi movie.){kind=link}