Harrison Ford has just confirmed to reprise his role as Rick Deckard in the sequel of the iconic sci-fi film Blade Runner 2.
Ridley Scott is all set to serve as the film's executive producer for Alcon Entertainment, while Denis Villeneuve has been on talks to take over the directorial seat, Deadline reported. They will be working on a script written by Hampton Fancher, co-writer of the 1982 original Blade Runner film. He will also be getting help from Michael Green.
Just like Star Wars: The Force Awakens (another film Ford has signed on to), the new movie will be set decades after the original film, which is Scott's first take on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? written by Philip K. Dick.
Blade Runner 2 will show audiences how vastly society has changed, and finally answer the theory whether or not Deckard himself is a replicant - a robot engineered that has been created to look and act like humans.
The sequel will also test the producers' visual creativity, since they will be portraying Los Angeles in 2019.
The film won't start shooting until summer 2016, and this only means that the movie won't be hitting the big screen until 2017.
Alcon's Andrew Koscove and Broderick Johnson hand-picked Villeneuve to direct the film after he gave an impressive directorial performance in Prisoners starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman. He has also just finished the Mexican cartel drama Sicario with Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin.
"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," Kosove and Johnson 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."
Blade Runner, which also co-starred Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos has been considered by many as one of the best science fiction movies of all time. It has been nominated for 17 different awards, including the Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards, and Golden Globes, among many others. It has managed to secure 10 wins out of those nominations.
Since Alcon acquired the rights to Blade Runner in 2011, Kosove and Broderick have big plans for the franchise, and there have been many talks about the film's prequels and sequels.
