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"Ridley Scott has seemingly confirmed that the announced Blade Runner follow-up will be a sequel. The 73-year-old director spoke to The Wall Street Journal&amp;#039;s Speakeasy blog and confirmed work is continuing on the sci-fi project. &amp;quot;[It&amp;#039;s] liable to be a sequel,&amp;quot; Scott confirmed. &amp;quot;I think I&amp;#039;m close to finding a writer that might be able to help me deliver,&amp;quot; he revealed. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re quite a long way in actually.&amp;quot; Scott also commented on whether original Blade Runner star Harrison Ford would reprise his role as Rick Deckard. &amp;quot;No, not really,&amp;quot; Scott added. &amp;quot;Not with the past cast.&amp;quot; The director recently finished filming on his latest sci-fi project Prometheus, starring Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender. &amp;gt; Ridley Scott to direct new Blade Runner &amp;gt; Harrison Ford unlikely to return for new Blade Runner Watch the trailer for 1982 classic Blade Runner below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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