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yuiyoshida

(41,856 posts)
Sun Mar 1, 2015, 03:47 PM Mar 2015

Harrison Ford to reprise role in 'Blade Runner' sequel

LOS ANGELES —

Harrison Ford is set to reprise his role as Rick Deckard in a sequel to the dystopian, neo-noir “Blade Runner,” more than 31 years after the film first premiered.

Ridley Scott directed the 1982 movie, which was adapted from the Philip K. Dick novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.”

Alcon Entertainment announced Ford’s role and said Scott will serve as an executive producer on the sequel.

Production on the film will begin in the summer of 2016.

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http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/harrison-ford-to-reprise-role-in-blade-runner-sequel

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Harrison Ford to reprise role in 'Blade Runner' sequel (Original Post) yuiyoshida Mar 2015 OP
One of best movies ever. yallerdawg Mar 2015 #1
Very mixed feelings about this... Ron Obvious Mar 2015 #2
I agree Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2015 #14
love that movie !!! unionthug777 Mar 2015 #3
partake, enjoy yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #4
excellent !!! unionthug777 Mar 2015 #6
How about this.... yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #9
that is nice.... unionthug777 Mar 2015 #10
One of my all time favorites..Only "sci-fi" flick (sci-fi noir?) I ever really liked. whathehell Mar 2015 #11
Pure awesomeness! ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #5
^^ yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #7
A new generation Blade Runner is needed QuebecYank Mar 2015 #8
Meh.. whathehell Mar 2015 #12
Harrison Ford to reprise role in 'Blade Runner' sequel michaljohnson Apr 2015 #13

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
1. One of best movies ever.
Sun Mar 1, 2015, 04:33 PM
Mar 2015

Rutger Hauer stole the show, and his role was what made it epic, along with the soundtrack. It was really just a compelling detective story with another great villain.

A sequel would be - interesting.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
2. Very mixed feelings about this...
Sun Mar 1, 2015, 04:41 PM
Mar 2015

Blade Runner is one of my favourite movies of all time. It's vision of a horrible dystopic future haunted me for years. It's open ended and open to several interpretations, and I'd like it to stay that way. I don't need a sequel that e.g. spells out whether Decker is a replicant or not.

Also, remembering the complete balls-up that Ridley Scott made of Prometheus doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,437 posts)
14. I agree
Thu Dec 10, 2015, 11:29 PM
Dec 2015

I think that some movies stand quite perfectly on their own. And isn't the movie a little "long in the tooth" to be making a sequel of it? I can't imagine exactly where the story would even go from where it ended. BR was IMHO the classic example of a good standalone movie. It told a great story and, while somewhat open to interpretation at the end, basically resolved the main plotline of Deckard hunting down the replicants and then leaving to somewhere unknown with Sean Young's character, who was also sort of an enigma as well. BTW one of my favorite Japanese anime miniseries, Bubblegum Crisis, gave more than a few nods to the movie.

unionthug777

(740 posts)
3. love that movie !!!
Sun Mar 1, 2015, 08:58 PM
Mar 2015

I...I...I only do eyes........

I remember going to the movie theater to watch it......and the soundtrack from Vangelis........


flashbacks !!!

unionthug777

(740 posts)
10. that is nice....
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 06:37 PM
Mar 2015

but, that first one you put up, I listen to daily. brings back a lot of memories........maybe i'll watch it this weekend....been awhile since I needed a bladerunner fix....

bladerunner !!!

whathehell

(29,090 posts)
11. One of my all time favorites..Only "sci-fi" flick (sci-fi noir?) I ever really liked.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 04:17 PM
Mar 2015

I even have the soundtrack.

QuebecYank

(147 posts)
8. A new generation Blade Runner is needed
Mon Mar 2, 2015, 09:37 PM
Mar 2015

Today's audience isn't interested in Ford, her wasn't that good in the original. But since he'll be in it, I hope it's a cameo part.

whathehell

(29,090 posts)
12. Meh..
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 04:22 PM
Mar 2015

Don't much care if "today's audience" is interested in Ford,

and I thought he was great in the original. Just sayin..

 

michaljohnson

(12 posts)
13. Harrison Ford to reprise role in 'Blade Runner' sequel
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 02:25 AM
Apr 2015

No Doubt in this matter that Harrison Ford to Reprise Role in 'Blade Runner' Sequel. Harrison Ford is an American Actor as well as Film Producer. He gained Worldwide Fame for his starring Roles as Han Solo in the Original Star Wars Epic Space Opera Trilogy as well as the Little Character of the Indiana Jones Film Series.

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