Harrison Ford Reveals Ongoing Talks With Ridley Scott On BLADE RUNNER 2

Harrison Ford Reveals Ongoing Talks With Ridley Scott On BLADE RUNNER 2

During promotions for 2012's Prometheus, director Ridley Scott stated that he wanted Harrison Ford to return for the sequel and now it's Ford's turn to field such questions as he promotes Ender's Game. Does Ford want to return?

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By MarkJulian - Oct 08, 2013 01:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: IGN



Silent until now, Harrison Ford speaks on Blade Runner 2. "We've been chatting about it. I remember [the first film] with 'complication,' said Ford. But presuming the veteran actor agrees to do the sequel, would those 'complicated' memories impact his performance and expectations for the sequel? Ford continued, "But I'm not there to generate nostalgic moments, I'm there to do a job of work. I quite understand that everyone has an ambition when they come into a film and everyone's ambition may not be so focused on the same thing. 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." Also, in the video above, Ford addresses the slight problem of Deckard being a replicant and a possible solution through the use of voice-over.

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Spartan
Spartan - 10/8/2013, 2:05 PM
Ill say this for Harrison, he always seems to be diplomatic and be a bridge builder rather than someone who vents his spleen to the press.
If it's a good story go for it but I'm not as crazy about Ford and his acting as I used to be growing up. I really do want to see Scott revisit this universe though.
TheDpool
TheDpool - 10/8/2013, 2:18 PM
Not seen the directors cut... He's an android?????
ManDeth
ManDeth - 10/8/2013, 2:23 PM
Hard to believe Harrison has fallen from his 2 decades of being a huge star to now being lowered to Expendables.

Some of these old stars shouldve retired so their best films would be their legacy.

Yeaton10
Yeaton10 - 10/8/2013, 2:23 PM
I thought that Blade Runner was the greatest science fiction movie ever made. After watching Prometheus, I am more convinced that ever that Mr. Scott should be creating science fiction. Harrison Ford is really great action star, who could add something to a Ridley Scott science fiction movie.
admiralhowdy
admiralhowdy - 10/8/2013, 2:23 PM
No sir, I don't like it. I don't like it a bit. Feel free to continue to jack up the Alien franchise, leave Bladerunner alone. The story was told. Know when to leave shit alone.
Greengo
Greengo - 10/8/2013, 2:52 PM
He was an android?????
Foolkiller
Foolkiller - 10/8/2013, 2:54 PM
No good cam come of this. Leave well enough alone. This was the best Sci-Fi movie of all time.
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/8/2013, 3:25 PM
if it's good i'm all for it,if not i'll pretend it doesn't exist like indy 4.

i'll just wipe it from my memory.
BlueHawaiiSurfer
BlueHawaiiSurfer - 10/8/2013, 3:27 PM
Yeah and if you didn't see it yet...it's in the comments above. But I'd hardly say it still falls in the spoiler statute of limitations. "Also, in the video above, Ford addresses the slight problem of Deckard being a replicant."
MightyMilton
MightyMilton - 10/8/2013, 3:45 PM
Has Scott seen his work the last couple years? I'll pass.
Mike89
Mike89 - 10/8/2013, 4:10 PM
It took me a couple of views to really get into Blade Runner to fully appreciate it. But i dont think it needs a sequel, and scotts recent work hasnt been impressive. I'll Pass.
Mike89
Mike89 - 10/8/2013, 4:12 PM
BTW the poster above is badass. :)
Indy
Indy - 10/8/2013, 4:51 PM
I like to see Harrison Ford in blade runner 2!!!!!
DelTorite
DelTorite - 10/8/2013, 5:05 PM
Please no.
inkslinger616
inkslinger616 - 10/8/2013, 5:16 PM
How do you explain an aging Deckard? He is a [frick]ing replicant. If they make a second film in that universe it should be a prequel and leave Deckard out of it. The first Blade Runner is perfection there is no topping or even catching up with that film. Just. Leave. It. Be.
AsianVersionOfET
AsianVersionOfET - 10/8/2013, 5:24 PM
First off, that poster is effin awesome, new background. Second, please don't make another Blade Runner movie. It's a masterpiece. Do something new, pleeeeease.
gaikinger
gaikinger - 10/8/2013, 5:26 PM
I will never believe he was originally intended to be a replicant. He had friends on the force for many years...remember the Chief... "Cmon Deckard, I need the old Bladerunner again". The interaction with Tyrell...really? So convoluted to try and change the premise later.Somebody explain it to me again.
Durango95
Durango95 - 10/8/2013, 5:36 PM
um...Ive seen the movie dozens of times,directors cut and cinematic versions. How is it explained or hinted at that hes a replicant?
Enphlieuwince
Enphlieuwince - 10/8/2013, 5:41 PM
No, do Blade Runner 2 but give a younger actor a chance to create something great. I love Harrison Ford - no homo - but his time for action has come and gone.
Ceejay
Ceejay - 10/8/2013, 9:12 PM
Philip K Dick wrote this book, he never saw the completed movie but he did see the early footage and loved what he saw.

Now both the aging Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott who have long sold their souls to the Hollywood forced-film-franchise division, want to taint Philip's story with a bunch of cash-grabbing sequels for no creative reason other than to make more bucks to leave to their already rich families.

If you're not going to remake that film closer to the original book, then leave it the hell alone. Great movies do not require sequels, prequels or trilogies that were never originally planned!
ManDeth
ManDeth - 10/9/2013, 1:51 AM
Classic films diminished greatness by bad sequels:

1. Star Wars, 1 good sequel, 4 bad.
2. Raiders Of The Lost Ark, 1 good sequel, 2 bad.
3. Halloween, 2, 4-8, 2 terrible reboots all bad.
4. Superman The Movie, 1 good sequel, 2 bad, 1 WTF? Singer film.
5. Kick-Ass, 1 bad sequel.
6. Iron Man, 1 bad sequel, 1 VERY bad sequel.

The originals were great. But as great as they are, their names are diminished into franchises with no artistic merit or value in their sequels.
The most damaged classic on this list would be Halloween because Halloween II retro-fit the original with a terrible storyline about Michael Myers chasing his sister which was never intended in the original.

Blade Runner is a classic. Too bad it won't be left alone. Someone will eventually do a sequel or a remake.
Enphlieuwince
Enphlieuwince - 10/9/2013, 5:08 AM
@ManDeth, I disagree on a couple of those but to each their own. Sequels are so damn tricky because it's difficult to please the same audience through 3 or more feature length films. I'm sure many things factor into it like certain characters dying, actors not returning, budget fluctuations (bigger is not always better), director changes, writer strikes and so on and so on. And other times it's as simple as greed or lack of vision. It only takes one slight variation to change the whole course and ruin the tone or direction.
sameoldthing
sameoldthing - 10/9/2013, 8:27 AM
Sequels do not diminish the original unless your a weak minded fool who cannot differentiate between 2 films.

Sequels & re-makes are their own thing. The original is all it's own.
BillyM67
BillyM67 - 10/9/2013, 11:39 AM
Harrison needs to retire....the few films I've seen him in lately were not very good and he was part of the problem.
fullmetal
fullmetal - 10/9/2013, 1:22 PM
All you rookies who are downing Harrison Ford for being old need to expand your little 12 year old minds beyond the scope of just watching comicbookmovies. Ford's 2013 performance in the Jackie Robinson bio pic "42" was quite possibly HIS GREATEST PERFORMANCE EVER! I swear some of you youngsters and ignorant fools shouldn't consider yourself "film lovers" if all you do is keep referencing the comicbookmovie genre...a true film lover watches it all and doesn't list the best films of the year as purely summer blockbusters....
HBComics
HBComics - 10/9/2013, 2:49 PM
I can't wait to see this movie! It has so much potential to be good. Ridley Scott is a great director and in my opinion he has only gotten better over the years. Of course even back in the late 70's & early 80's he was quite the talent. And now technology has caught up to his imagination.
JumpinJehosaphat
JumpinJehosaphat - 10/9/2013, 3:18 PM
Oh boy! Another chance for Ford to completely phone in a performance and throw around an "I don't give a shit anymore" attitude every time he walks on camera. I'm so done with Harrison Ford, I don't just want him to retire from film, I want him to never speak to anyone with a microphone and camera again.
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