Blade Runner Screenwriter May Write Sequel

We've known for almost a year now that Blade Runner director Ridley Scott was set to direct a sequel to the film. But little more has been announced about the project since then.

Until now.

In a press release today, Alcon Entertainment — which holds the film rights to any prequel or sequel — announced that Blade Runner screenwriter Hampton Fancher was "in talks" to develop an idea for an original screenplay for the film. Sounds a little less than set in stone to us.

The Alcon press release — you can find a copy on the Collider website — makes it sound as if the sequel news is new news, but that was announced last year by Ridley Scott himself.

The original film was based on the Philip K. Dick short story "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" but little is known about the expected storyline of the sequel other than it "will take place some years after the first film concluded." That's where Hampton Fancher comes in, we guess. What is known is that Harrison Ford will not be reprising his role as Rick Deckard.