Blade Runner 2099, a new Prime Video series set in the world of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner films, will release all eight episodes on November 25, 2026. A new trailer was shown at New York Comic Con in October.
Premise
The series is set 50 years after Blade Runner 2049. According to Nerdtropolis, Hunter Schafer plays Cora, a fugitive who takes on a Blade Runner identity to escape her past. She is paired with Olwen, a Replicant with only days left to live, played by Michelle Yeoh, and the two track a runaway who carries a secret that could destabilise their city. Consequence quotes the official description that Los Angeles “has been reborn, just not by humanity.”
Cast
Dimitri Abold and Lewis Gribben are series regulars. Wikipedia lists recurring roles for Katelyn Rose Downey, Daniel Rigby, Johnny Harris, Amy Lennox, Sheila Atim, Matthew Needham, Tom Burke and Maurizio Lombardi, among others.
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Creators and production
Silka Luisa created the series and is its showrunner. Ridley Scott, who directed the original 1982 film, is an executive producer. Jonathan van Tulleken directed the first two episodes. Amazon MGM Studios and Alcon Television Group produce, with Scott Free Productions and Sony Pictures Television also listed on Wikipedia.
Development timeline
Wikipedia says Scott announced a pilot in November 2021 and Amazon ordered it as a miniseries in September 2022. Filming started in Prague in June 2024 and wrapped in late December 2024, with additional shooting in Barcelona.
Trailers
Consequence says the first trailer was published on July 24, 2026. Nerdtropolis reports that a second trailer was unveiled at a New York Comic Con panel with Yeoh, Schafer, Abold, Gribben and Needham.
