Ridley Scott reveals what Harrison Ford thinks of the Blade Runner 2 script

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

While busy making the press rounds for his latest release EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS, director Ridley Scott revealed some interesting information when it comes to the sequel to BLADE RUNNER and a few words on PROMETHEUS 2. Last month we heard that the Scott would not be sitting in the director’s chair for the BLADE RUNNER sequel and instead he would be acting as a producer.

While speaking to MTV, Scott talked about the script:

I sent him [the script] and he said ‘wow, this is the best thing I’ve ever read.’ It’s very relevant to what happened [in] the first one. 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. [With] Blade Runner we 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.

So if Scott loves it and Ford is very happy with it, the script must be good right? Ford saying “the best thing I’ve ever read” (according to Scott) could just be a great hyperbole trick in order to get things moving on this project. I would like to see it before I die too Mr. Ford.

Changing course to PROMETHEUS 2, Scott says it will be about Shaw and David:

Oh, you have to. You can’t have a person go off into the galaxy and have a person who’s still got his head off. Once that head goes back on he’s really dangerous, but he’s also very seductive. So maybe he’ll persuade her to put the head back [on].

I enjoyed PROMETHEUS and while Scott is still debating on whether or not he will direct this sequel, one can only hope that he returns to build on his ambitious quasi-prequel to ALIEN. His next sci-fi adventure THE MARTIAN is scheduled to open on November 25, 2015.

Do you wish for Scott to direct PROMETHEUS 2? And who do you think should take on BLADE RUNNER 2?

Here’s the video, from MTV: