Blade Runner sequel - Scott on board/Ford?

It wasn't his call. It was the filmmakers' call. They came knocking, and he answered.

 

I reconsidered what I wrote for that reason ... Too late!

No, it wasn't his call. (Though, he certainly appeared to have no interest in returning to these parts, apart from Indiana Jones.) But I guess what I really mean is, it seems like some kind of sad irony that 30 years went past during which everyone would have loved to see him play these roles again, and it finally happens when he's an old man and it kinda seems like it's too late.

 

Harrison Ford has worked fairly steadily since Star Wars/Indiana Jones/Blade Runner days to the present:

Ender's Game
Cowboys & Aliens
Extraordinary Measures
Crossing Over
K-19: The Widowmaker
Six Days Seven Nights
Air Force One
Clear and Present Danger
The Fugitive
Patriot Games
Regarding Henry
Presumed Innocent
Frantic
Witness

 

Did I say he hadn't made any other movies? I'm not sure what your point is.

 

My point is that he has played 'those types of roles', ie action/adventure roles, in the last 30 years.

 

Or "monologue" ...

 

Harrison Ford is on board for the sequel. He said it is the best script he has ever read. Written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green

To be produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Denis Villeneuve

It is to take place several decades after the original.

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/harrison-ford-to-return-in-blade-runner-sequel-112188607392.html

 

Never thought Ford would actually DO this...but then, I never thought he'd play Han Solo again, either!!!

 

Maybe it will be good. I hope so.

 

LOS ANGELES, CA, FEBRUARY 26, 2015 — Harrison Ford will reprise his celebrated role of Rick Deckard in the sequel to Alcon Entertainment’s BLADE RUNNER and Academy Award nominee Denis Villeneuve to (Prisoners, Incendies) is in negotiations to direct, it was announced by Alcon co-founders and co-CEO’s Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

Film is scheduled to start principle photography in summer of 2016. Hampton Fancher (co-writer of the original) and Michael Green have written the original screenplay based on an idea by Fancher and Ridely Scott.

The story takes place several decades after the conclusion of the 1982 original.

State Johnson and Kosove: “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. 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.”

Ford will next be seen in The Age of Adaline for Lionsgate and the highly anticipated upcoming Star Wars for Walt Disney Pictures. Recent releases include the Warner Bros./Legendary box office hit 42.

Villeneuve most recently directed the crime thriller Sicario, staring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benecio Del Toro for Black Label Media and Lionsgate. He also directed Canada’s Oscar nominated French language film Incendies, and Alcon Entertainment’s critically acclaimed Prisoners, staring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Alcon Entertainment acquired the film, television and ancillary franchise rights to BLADE RUNNER in 2011 from producer Bud Yorkin to produce prequels and sequels to the iconic science-fiction thriller. Yorkin will serve as a producer on the sequel along with Kosove and Johnson. Cynthia Sikes Yorkin will co-produce.

Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble, CEO’s of Thunderbird Films, will serve as executive producers.
Among its many distinctions, BLADE RUNNER has been singled out as one of the greatest movies of all time by innumerable polls and media outlets, and overwhelmingly as the greatest science-fiction film of all time by a majority of genre publications.

Released by Warner Bros., BLADE RUNNER was adapted by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples from Philip K. Dick’s novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” and was directed by Ridley Scott following his landmark Alien.” The film was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Visual Effects, and Best Art Direction).

BLADE RUNNER was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1993 and is frequently taught in university courses. In 2007, it was named the 2nd most visually influential film of all time by the Visual Effects Society.

ABOUT ALCON ENTERTAINMENT
Co-founders and co-CEO’s Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson founded Alcon Entertainment in 1997 with partner Frederick W. Smith, the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx. Warner Bros. distributes Alcon’s motion pictures via the companies’ long-term output distribution agreement.

Alcon has financed and produced, and/or co-financed/produced 29 films to date, including “My Dog Skip,” the Academy Award nominated Best Picture “The Blind Side,” which earned Sandra Bullock a Best Actress Oscar; “The Book of Eli,” starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman; “Insomnia,” starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank and directed by Chris Nolan; “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants;” “P.S. I Love You,” starring Hilary Swank; the critically acclaimed “Prisoners,” a dramatic thriller directed by Denis Villeneuve starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo, Terrance Howard and Paul Dano, and the family hit “Dolphin Tale 2,” a sequel to its original starring Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd and Kris Kristofferson. Alcon is currently in production on “Point Break,” a reimagining of the classic action movie filming on four continents starring Edgar Ramirez, Luke Bracey, and Ray Winstone. The Company is also developing a sequel to “Blade Runner” with Ridley Scott.

Alcon Television Group is currently producing a four-hour mini-series documentary for HBO about the life and times of Frank Sinatra, directed Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney; and “The Expanse,” a space thriller for Syfy Network.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayl...el-harrison-ford-confirmed-to-return-20150226

 

Add me to those who are skeptical of this. Some things deserve to die a proper death.

 

Makes sense if they want Ford in the role but do androids dream of just trying to make some more bucks?

 

Anyone know what the is?

 

I'm happy Denis Villeneuve is directing, and not just because he's local to my province.

He will make this well worth seeing. If anyone can recreate the gritty futuristic atmosphere with meaning rather than just gloss, it is him.
I can't think of a better choice, including Scott or Whedon for this particular sequel.

 

Sorry. Anyone know what the storyline is?

 

Hopefully they are not using a Jeter plot line.

 

Will a replicant Ford do?

 

Not if he looks like he's 72.

 

I wait till everybody bashes this unnecessary sequel then I might watch it.
If Harrison does not break something.

 

Me too. He's a great director.

 

I saw Villeneuve's 'Prisoners' and I thought it was a gripping and powerful movie. This could become a fine movie!

 

Will they use a de-wrinkle and de-mumble filter on him?

He's so past it it's not funny. Should have retired 10 years ago at least.

 

AKA "Do executives dream of milking cows?"

 

Only if it's a cash cow. Unless they are from Wisconsin.

 

Has Harrison Ford been photographed or interviewed since his plane crash on March 5th? It would be interesting to know his condition and how it's affecting/will affect his career.