Harrison Ford is set to reprise his role as Rick Deckard in a sequel to the dystopian, neo-noir Blade Runner, more than 31 years after the film first premiered.

Ridley Scott directed the 1982 movie, which was adapted from the Philip K Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

The story will take place several decades after the events at the conclusion of the 1982 film.

Production on the film will begin in the summer of 2016.