Blade Runner Sequel Is Now Named ‘Blade Runner 2049’

The long awaited sequel to ‘Blade Runner’ gets a title and a release date, now titled ‘Blade Runner 2049’ is set to be released next year October 6, 2017. The sequel will take place several decades after the 1982 original, and stars Ryan Gosling along with Harrison Ford, who will be reprising his role as Rick Deckard. The film is written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, and succeeds the initial story by Fancher and David Peoples based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Plot details have yet to be revealed.