Harrison Ford in early talks for Blade Runner 2

Ford and director Ridley Scott have been 'chatting'.

Chatting... Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott 'in talks' for Blade Runner sequel (Copyright: Warner Bros)

Can this be described as 'early talks'?

Well, it appears that Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford have been talking about 'Blade Runner 2' and it's early, so let's say yes, these are indeed early talks.

Ford, though obviously cautious, revealed that he and the visionary 'Blade Runner' helmsman have met up while speaking to film site IGN.


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“Yeah, we’ve been chatting about it,” he said. “I truly admire Ridley as a man and as a director, and I would be very happy to engage again with him in the further telling of this story.”

So Ford is on board. If it all happens, that is.

He also spoke about the original production, and whether he remembers it with fondness, as it's generally thought that the project was somewhat fraught.

“I remember it with complication,” he says diplomatically. “But I'm not there to generate nostalgic moments, I'm there to do a job of work. And I quite understand that everybody has an ambition when they come into a film and everyone's ambition may not be so focused on the same thing.”

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So far the progress of 'Blade Runner 2' is not fully known, but it is in the works, and will take place 'some years after the first film concluded'.

While Scott was promoting 'Prometheus' in 2012, he let slip: “We have a very good take on it. And we'll definitely be featuring a female protagonist.”

One of the more enticing theories doing the rounds is that there may be some dovetailing between Scott's sci-fi worlds, particularly that of 'Blade Runner' and 'Prometheus', which of course is itself connected to the world of 'Alien'.

An 'easter egg' spotted in the 'Prometheus' DVD, a 'memo' written by Guy Pearce's character Peter Weyland, appeared to hint that his mentor was Eldon Tyrell, the visionary behind the replicant androids of 'Blade Runner'.

Whether there would be an actual linking of the films, however, remains to be seen.

Meanwhile, earlier in the summer it emerged that Michael Green, who penned 'Green Lantern', was in negotiations to write the screenplay.

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