Ridley Scott’s got a lot going on right now, and perhaps too much for those eager to see Blade Runner and Prometheus sequels.  Scott is still gunning to make both, but right now he’s got Exodus: Gods and Kings making its way towards a December 12th debut and he’s busy casting up for his next film, The Martian, too.

Scott recently revealed hopes to shoot Blade Runner 2 right after The Martian and it seems as though he could pull it off because apparently the script for that one is written and ready to go.  Prometheus 2, however, is a different story.  That one’s still in the works and there’s a chance that it won’t include any Xenomorphs.  Hit the jump for more on both projects.

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While talking to Yahoo about Exodus: Gods and Kings, Scott noted that he met with Harrison Ford to discuss Blade Runner 2 just before he hurt his leg on the set of Star Wars: Episode VII:

“We met the night before he had the accident, so I hope I had nothing to do with it.”

Scott also insisted that the Blade Runner 2 script is written and ready to go:

“It’s on the charts.  I can’t say when that would be yet, because of [Ford’s] thing with ‘Star Wars’.  It’s a sequel – it’s what happens next.  It’s quite surprisingly clever.”

As for Prometheus 2, the script still needs work, but Scott seems determined to make it happen:

“Right now, as we speak, it’s being written.  I’ve had 15 drafts evolving.  I definitely want to do that again because I really enjoyed doing ‘Prometheus.’”

While discussing the mixed reactions to Prometheus, Scott said something that could suggest that the Xenomorphs will be absent from the sequel:

“The beast is done.  Cooked.  I got lucky meeting Giger all those years ago.  It’s very hard to repeat that.  I just happen to be the one who forced it through because they said it’s obscene.  They didn’t want to do it and I said, ‘I want to do it, it’s fantastic’.  But after four (he has conveniently forgotten the ‘AvP’ movies), I think it wears out a little bit.  There’s only so much snarling you can do.  I think you’ve got to come back with something more interesting.  And I think we’ve found the next step.  I thought the Engineers were quite a good start.”

Xenomorphs or no Xenomorphs, let’s hope they lock that script in soon enough and Scott considers passing directorial duties over to someone else because if The Martian and Blade Runner 2 really do come first, such a big gap between Prometheus and the sequel could become a problem in a number of respects.

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