After more than three decades, Rick Deckard will be returning to the big screen with Harrison Ford reprising his role, as “Blade Runner 2” begins production in July 2016. Although Denis Villeneuve will be sitting in the director seat, Ridley Scott will still be involved with the sequel as the executive producer and will reportedly have final say on the finished cut of the movie.
Joining Ford in the new film will be Ryan Gossling, although no details of what his role will be have been released. In fact, there's no information yet on what the follow up to the hit sci-fi movie based on Philip K. Dick's novel “Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep?” will be about.
We can say with a fair amount of certainty that the as yet untitled “Blade Runner 2” will involve Ford's character, Deckard, exploring the future earth (reportedly, the movie will be set around the year 2047 or 2050) as a confirmed Replicant – as discussed by Scott in an interview.
"Of course he's a bloody Replicant! He's going to have to admit it. You'll have to see the story. It'll all make sense,” the Scott said.
Many had already resigned to believe that a “Blade Runner” sequel would ever be made because Ford and Scott infamously had a falling out and were not on speaking terms for a number of years. However, when Scott showed his leading man the screenplay for “Blade Runner 2,” it was too good for the actor to pass up the chance to revisit one of his most famous roles.
Gosling has been confirmed as attached to the project as far back as April of last year. According to Scott, although the actor is 34 years old, he can get away with looking much younger on film and they will likely use that to their advantage.
The original “Blade Runner” was released on June 25, 1982. No word yet on when this much-anticipated sequel will open in theatres, but the film is being targeted for a 2017 screening.
