Alcon want Scott for 'Blade Runner 2'

The producers behind the proposed sequel to Ridley Scott's classic 1982 sci-fi thriller Blade Runner have revealed that they still want the director to be involved with the film in some capacity.

It was announced earlier this week that Alcon Entertainment had acquired the rights to Blade Runner, and were already in the very early stages of development on the film.

Alcon producers Broderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, and Bud Yorkin deny that while no official contact has taken place between them and Scott, they are at least hoping for his approval on the project.

"What we will say is that Ridley Scott's blessing to what we're doing is very important to Alcon," Kosove told i09. "Certainly we have the greatest degree of respect to him as a filmmaker."

Kosove also revealed that if Scott opted out of returning for the sequel, Inception director Christopher Nolan would be next on their wish-list of directors.

"I think the methodology that Chris Nolan brought to Batman Begins is precisely what we aspire to whomever the filmmaker is," Kosove explained. "Whether Ridley [Scott] comes back and joins us or it's someone else, it's precisely what we aspire to with Blade Runner - that's the template for us."

Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, became a cult hit upon its release but plans for a sequel have so far failed to come to fruition.