Harrison Ford In Early Talks To Join Ridley Scott’s New ‘Blade Runner’

As I’m sure you’re aware, Warner Bros-based production company Alcon Entertainment recently purchased the rights to make prequels/sequels to director Ridley Scott’s seminal sci-fi epic ‘Blade Runner.’ Early word was that Scott would be the only returning alumni, that the plan was for a completely fresh reboot. However, somewhat surprisingly, Twitch are reporting that Harrison Ford has entered into early talks to join the new ‘Blade Runner.’ I would usually take this sort news with a GIGANTIC grain of salt, yet I have to consider that Twitch are generally on the money with their reports.

I’m shamefully on the fence about a new ‘Blade Runner’ movie. One of the beauties of ‘Blade Runner’ is it’s ambiguity, how much it asks of it’s audience. The fact that until this very day, nearly 30 years after the films release, there’s still so much aspects of it being debated. On the other hand I would love to see more of the ‘Blade Runner’ world, there’s so much more to explore, especially with Decker – Harrison Ford’s character.

‘Blade Runner’ was loosely based on the Philip K. Dick science fiction novel, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” The novel received three “authorized” sequels, written by Philip K. Dick’s friend K.W. Jeter, which were entitled “The Edge of Human,” “Replicant Night” and “Eye and Talon.” They continue the story of Rick Deckard and attempt to resolve many of the differences between the novel and the film. Following the filming of ‘Blade Runner,’ the first of Philip K. Dick’s works to be adapted into a film, many other of Dick’s works were likewise adapted, including ‘Total Recall,’ ‘A Scanner Darkly,’ ‘Minority Report,’ ‘Paycheck,’ and the recent ‘The Adjustment Bureau,’ among others.