Prime Video unveiled a new trailer and teaser key art for Blade Runner 2099 at New York Comic Con on Oct. 10—and that all eight episodes arrive on Nov. 25.
Stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer joined showrunner Silka Luisa on the panel, giving fans another look at the sequel series set 50 years after Blade Runner 2049.
(Blade Runner 2099 via Amazon Prime Video)
- Premiere date: Nov. 25 (all eight episodes)
- Where to watch: Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories
- Cast: Michelle Yeoh as Olwen and Hunter Schafer as Cora, with Dimitri Abold and Lewis Gribben
- Showrunner: Silka Luisa
- Executive producer: Ridley Scott
When Does Blade Runner 2099 Premiere?
The series premieres Nov. 25, and all eight episodes will be available that day.
Prime Video first revealed the date and a teaser trailer in July during its Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con.
(Photo credit: Clay Enos for Prime)
What Is Blade Runner 2099 About?
50 years after the events of Blade Runner 2049, Los Angeles has been reborn, just not by humanity.
Cora, a fugitive in a final bid to stop running, takes on one last identity: a Blade Runner.
She’s forced to partner with Olwen, a replicant days from dying, and together they hunt a runaway hiding a truth that could collapse their fragile city.
For anyone new to the franchise, replicants are synthetic humans, and Blade Runners are the special police officers who track them down.
Silka said at Comic-Con, “So much of what Blade Runner promised is just around the corner.”
Who Is in the Cast?
Michelle plays Olwen, while Hunter, known for Euphoria, plays Cora.
Dimitri Abold (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) and Lewis Gribben (Somewhere Boy) are also series regulars.
The recurring guest stars are Katelyn Rose Downey, Daniel Rigby, Johnny Harris, Amy Lennox, Sheila Atim, Matthew Needham, Tom Burke and Maurizio Lombardi.
Michelle, an Oscar winner, will also recur in HBO’s Crazy Rich Asians series, which starts production in 2027.
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Who Is Behind the Series?
Silka Luisa serves as creator, showrunner and executive producer.
Ridley Scott, who directed the original Blade Runner, is an executive producer alongside Alcon Entertainment’s Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.
Blade Runner 2049 screenwriter Michael Green is also an executive producer.
Jonathan van Tulleken (Shōgun) directed the first two episodes, and the series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Alcon Television Group.
How Does It Fit Into the Blade Runner Timeline?
The 1982 original was based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and Denis Villeneuve continued the story in Blade Runner 2049 with Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford.
The series moves the timeline even further ahead, and the team has said it’s designed to welcome viewers who haven’t seen either film.
So whether you’re a longtime fan or a total newcomer, mark Nov. 25 on your calendar.
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