{"id":2601,"date":"2015-02-27T14:24:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T14:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2015\/02\/27\/blade-runner-sequel-finds-director\/"},"modified":"2015-02-27T14:24:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T14:24:13","slug":"blade-runner-sequel-finds-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2015\/02\/27\/blade-runner-sequel-finds-director\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Blade Runner&#8217; Sequel Finds Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Rebecca Ford \/ The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Harrison Ford<\/strong>\u00a0will reprise his role as Rick\u00a0Deckard\u00a0in the Blade Runner sequel.\u00a0<em>Prisoners\u00a0<\/em>director\u00a0<strong>Denis\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Villeneuve<\/strong>\u00a0is in talks to helm the Alcon Entertainment film.<\/p>\n<p>The film is scheduled to start principle photography in the summer of 2016.\u00a0<strong>Hampton\u00a0Fancher<\/strong>, who co-wrote the original, and\u00a0<strong>Michael Green<\/strong>\u00a0have written the screenplay, which is based on an idea from\u00a0Fancher\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Ridley\u00a0Scott<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The story takes place several decades after the conclusion of the 1982 original, which centered on a man (Ford) working as a blade runner who was tasked with chasing down machines called replicants.<\/p>\n<p>Alcon Entertainment acquired the rights to<em>\u00a0Blade Runner<\/em>\u00a0in 2011 with the intention of making both prequels and sequels to the iconic science-fiction thriller.\u00a0<strong>Bud Yorkin<\/strong>\u00a0will serve as a producer on the sequel along with Alcon co-founders\u00a0<strong>Andrew A.\u00a0Kosove<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Broderick Johnson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frank Giustra\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Tim Gamble,\u00a0<\/strong>CEOs of Thunderbird Films, will serve as executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>Villeneuve most recently directed the crime thriller<em>\u00a0Sicario<\/em>, staring<strong>\u00a0Emily Blunt<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Josh Brolin<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0Benicio Del Toro<\/strong>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>He also directed Canada\u2019s Oscar-nominated French-language film<em>\u00a0Incendies<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Prisoners<\/em>, staring\u00a0<strong>Hugh Jackman<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Jake Gyllenhaal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Ford next will be seen in Lionsgate&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Age of Adaline\u00a0<\/em>and will reprise his role as Han Solo in Disney&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em>. 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