Whether Blade Runner's new cinematic offspring will take the form of a prequel, sequel, side-quel or whatever remains completely up in the air. I'd be most interested if Harrison Ford came back to reprise his role from the first film. How cool would it be to see an old, washed up Deckard try to reclaim some past glory? Unfortunately that's unlikely for many reasons. The main one is that Ford has made no secret of loathing the whole filming experience first time round. However, Ford is not the box office draw he once was, Cowboys & Aliens having recently slightly flopped, and he has, of course, proven willing to reprise an old character in the case of Indiana Jones.
The fact is that Blade Runner's world is endlessly fascinating and looks great, so the material is ripe for new exploration. However, I'd be completely against this if it was from anyone other than Scott himself. A small pipe dream that surely won't come to fruition is that he uses the same effects technology as the last one - say no to CGI. And hey, Doug Trumbull has just worked on The Tree of Life, so he's still on his game, right?
So, revisiting Alien, Blade Runner... next, it'll be the long awaited Gladiator sequel.*
*Warning: completely baseless conjecture.
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