The long-mooted Blade Runner sequel, starring Harrison Ford (returning as Rick Deckard) and Ryan Gosling, is to begin principal photography as early as July of this year, according to a new story from The Hollywood Reporter. Anyone who's been following the slow development of the film, since 2011 (when original director Ridley Scott was still in the hot-seat to direct), will be breathing a sigh of relief that it's finally happening... provided they're excited about the prospect of an addition to the franchise thirty years on, anyway. We all saw how Prometheus turned out. The Blade Runner sequel has great potential considering the currently-attached director is Dennis Villeneuve, who has been impressing critics and audiences for a few years now with output like Sicario, Enemy, Prisoners and Incendies. For a film as artistic and dream-like as Blade Runner, it's a real coup getting an auteur of Villeneuve's caliber. Currently, there's no release date set for the film, and no other cast members announced other than Gosling and Ford (the latter of which is only tipped to appear in the third act of the movie, according to producer Ridley Scott). But expect a cavalcade of information as we draw ever closer to its planned production start date.