Ridley Scott Confirmed To Direct BLADE RUNNER Sequel!

It was a few months ago the news of a new Blade Runner movie surfaced, and at the time it was said that Ridley Scott may indeed step back into the director's chair.

Now the news has been confirmed over at AICN, but what I am also pleased about is the seeming confirmation that it will be a sequel as opposed to a prequel. The Blade Runner universe is big enough and interesting enough to tell more than one story in I feel, so going forward seems the best way to approach a new Blade Runner movie.

The other interesting thing is that since it wont feature Deckard it may not be a direct sequel as such, so that opens up the avenue to move technology that existed in Blade Runner forwards as well, not to mention more advanced and varied forms of replicant's.

This is big news for those of us who worship at the altar of BLADE RUNNER.  Ridley Scott confirmed with the Wall Street Journal Blog, Speakeasy, that he will, indeed, be helming the sequel to BLADE RUNNER.  He told the blog, “I think I’m close to finding a writer that might be able to help me deliver.  We’re quite a long way in, actually.”

I'm glad that if we're going to get another BLADE RUNNER film, that it's Ridley Scott who will be making it and not some studio hack brought in just to fill in the gaps.  Scott also stated that it's looking like Deckard will not make an appearance in the film.   Will we finally know decisively whether or not Deckard is a replicant?  Will the past questions be answered?  Scott isn't saying, but he did offer this bit about the first film - "Even though people think it’s a cool Philip Marlowe film with Deckard played by Harrison Ford, the film is very much about humanity.”  What this means for the sequel is unclear, but I'm certain he'll explore what makes us human in comparison to the replicants in the new film.

We had heard rumors for some time that Scott would be returning to BLADE RUNNER, but this clinchs it, apparently.  Thanks to ColonelFatheart for the link