Harrison Ford Set to Return as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner Sequel!

Second installment will take place several decades after the original

Harrison Ford is coming back in a big way!

Although he's set to hit the silver screen in the upcoming Star Wars installment and the Blake Lively-starring film, The Age of Adaline, he has also locked down his return to Blade Runner! He will be reprising his role as Rick Deckard in the forthcoming sequel, Alcon Entertainment announced in a statement.

Although Ridley Scott directed the 1982 original, he will be coming back to executive produce this time around. Academy Award-nominee Denis Villeneuve of Prisoners is in negotiations to direct the sequel.

Principle photography is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2016, with Hampton Fancher, who was co-writer of the first movie, and Michael Green penning the script based on an idea by Scott and Fancher.

According to the release, the sequel will take place several decades after the conclusion of the first movie.

"We are honored that Harrison is joining us on this journey with Denis Villeneuve, who is a singular talent, as we experienced personally on Prisoners," said Alcon co-founders Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson in the statement. "Hampton 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't be more thrilled with this amazing, creative team."

If you're worried that the sci-fi flick won't measure up to its predecessor, rest assured that it probably will because Ford apparently thinks the script is the "best thing [he's] ever read."

"I sent him this [script] and he said, 'Wow, this is the best thing I've ever read,' so it's very relevant to what happened [in] the first one," Scott told MTV News. "I'm not just doing a sequel with lots of action and see how far we can go with the special effects because you can't really. Blade Runner kind of landed on a somehow very credible future. And it's very difficult to change that because it's been so influential with everything else."

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