Well, this is one way to erase the vicious hangover left by Exodus: Gods and Kings: remind people of a much-beloved classic based on Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Alcon Entertainment confirmed that Harrison Ford would be reprising his role as Rick Deckard in the sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 classic Blade Runner.
He may not be playing Indiana Jones in the franchise reboot, but between this and Star Wars, no one is forgetting Ford's glory days as a leading man. We see you, Harrison. Carry on.
The sequel's been in the works for some time now, and shooting is scheduled to begin next summer. However, Scott will not be directing. That responsibility will lay with Denis Villeneuve, who helmed Prisoners and Enemy, which both starred Jake Gyllenhaal, and just wrapped his latest film, Sicario, with Benicio Del Toro and Emily Blunt.
Even though he's executive producing, it's difficult to imagine a Blade Runner sequel without Scott. Blade Runner is a beautifully lit noir construction, and it's Ridley's vision through and through. Won't a sequel just feel like a cheap knockoff? Not necessarily - Scott was still deeply involved. He worked with original screenwriter Hampton Fancher to conceptualize the script, which reportedly blew Ford away.