'Blade Runner' sequel to release in 2017

With pre-production in high gear, Alcon Entertainment has decided to move up the release date of its “Blade Runner” sequel from January 2018 to October 2017.

Alcon is now set to release the pic on October 6, 2017, shifting it from its original date of January 12, 2018, reported Variety.

Harrison Ford is set to return as Det Rick Deckard and Ryan Gosling and Robin Wright are set to co-star in the film from “Sicario” director Denis Villeneuve.

The sequel, set several decades after the original, is written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, and succeeds the initial story by Fancher and David Peoples based on Philip K Dick’s novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”.