http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3377746/blade-runner-sequel-officially-announced-will-begin-filming-july/

An announcement was made today that Warner Bros. Pictures will distribute Alcon Entertainment’s follow-up to Ridley Scott’s 1982 masterpiece Blade Runner here in the States, with Sony handling all of international.

Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners) is confirmed to be directing the film starring Ryan Gosling (The Big Short, Drive) and Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones, Star Wars) who is reprising his role as Rick Deckard.

Hampton Fancher (co-writer of the original) and Michael Green have written the original screenplay based on an idea by Fancher and Ridley Scott. The story takes place several decades after the conclusion of the 1982 original.

Even bigger news as the release firms plans to produce prequels and sequels to the iconic science-fiction thriller. Cynthia Sikes Yorkin will produce along with Johnson and Kosove. Bud Yorkin will receive producer credit.

Frank Giustra and Tim Gamble, CEO’s of Thunderbird Films, will serve as executive producers. Ridley Scott will also executive produce.

Principal photography on Villenueve’s new Blade Runner film is scheduled to begin in July 2016.

Released in 1982 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Blade Runner was adapted by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples from Philip K. Dick’s novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” and was directed by Ridley Scott, following his landmark film, Alien. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Visual Effects, and Best Art Direction) and is now regarded by media and cineastes as one of the greatest movies of all time and the defining vision of the cyberpunk genre.

In 1993, Blade Runner was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1993 and is frequently taught in university courses. In 2007, it was named the 2nd most visually influential film of all time by the Visual Effects Society.

Well I guess this settles the question wither Deckard was a replicant or not. And that makes me kinda sad.