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Hampton Fancher, who co-wrote Blade Runner, is in talks to reteam with director Ridley Scott for the planned sequel to the sci-fi classic. Specifically, according to a press release from producers Alcon Entertainment, the idea is "to develop the idea for the original screenplay" for the follow-up.
Additionally, it has now been confirmed that the film will in fact be a sequel to the original tale of the Replicant-hunting, down-on-his-luck future cop played by Harrison Ford. "The filmmakers would reveal only that the new story will take place some years after the first film concluded," we're told. So does that mean Ford will be back?
Fancher worked on the original Blade Runner before Scott was even onboard, and the way the story goes, creative differences led to Scott and producer Michael Deeley dumping the scribe and hiring David Peoples to rewrite him. Obviously those creative differences have long since abated, but you can read about the whole bloody affair in the great book Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner.
Despite today's announcement, we still have no clear idea on this production's timeline, though obviously it's still very early days.
Update: In a chat with The Daily Beast, Scott revealed the following: "I started my first meetings on the Blade Runner sequel last week. We have a very good take on it. And we’ll definitely be featuring a female protagonist." Does that mean she'll be the protagonist? Time will tell.
Source : http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/18/original-blade-runner-writer-on-sequel
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