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Actor Harrison Ford has reportedly signed on to star in a sequel to the sci-fi classic 鈥淏lade Runner.鈥澛�

The company Alcon Entertainment released a saying that Ford is officially on board to take on the role of Rick Deckard, the part he played in the original 1982 film.

According to the same press release, director Denis Villeneuve, who has previously been behind such films as the 2013 movie 鈥淧risoners鈥� and the 2013 film 鈥淓nemy,鈥� is 鈥渋n negotiations to direct.鈥澛�

In addition, Hampton Fancher, who co-wrote the 1982 film, and Michael Green have co-written the script for the sequel. Last year, 鈥淏lade Runner鈥� director Ridley Scott, who is executive-producing the sequel, according to Alcon Entertainment鈥檚 press release, told , 鈥淚 sent [Ford] this [script] and he said it鈥檚 the best thing he鈥檚 ever read.鈥�

鈥淲e are honored that Harrison is joining us on this journey with Denis Villeneuve, who is a singular talent, as we experienced personally on Prisoners,鈥� Alcon co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove said in a . 鈥淗ampton and Michael, with Ridley Scott, have crafted a uniquely potent and faithful sequel to one of the most universally celebrated films of all time, and we couldn鈥檛 be more thrilled with this amazing, creative team.鈥澛�

According to the same statement by Alcon Entertainment, the 鈥淏lade Runner鈥� sequel story will happen some decades after the first movie.聽

Ford is of course reprising another of his famous sci-fi roles, that of smuggler Han Solo, in the upcoming 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� film.

We ranked 鈥淏lade鈥� as the fourth-best science fiction movie of all time in our list of the classics. 鈥淪cott's聽meticulous attention to detail means that the gritty 2019聽Los Angeles聽of the movie feels fully realized,鈥� Monitor staff wrote. 鈥淭he film's strong art direction and dark style have gone on to influence a generation of filmmakers.鈥�