The identity of the surprise film at the Venice Film Festival on September 1st is no longer a secret. It will be Ridley Scott's long- anticipated new "final director's cut" of Blade Runner, his stylish 1982 futuristic thriller starring Harrison Ford and based on Philip K Dick's dystopian novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

Scott, who was locked out of the editing room while the first version was in post-production, has overseen a complete remastering of the film and the restoration of previously unseen footage. The new edition will have a limited cinema release in the US in October before going on international DVD release in mid-December.