
The eight-episode miniseries debuts November 25, 2026, starring Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer
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The Blade Runner franchise is based on the novel Android Hunter (1968) by Philip K. Dick and includes two film adaptations: Blade Runner (1982) by Ridley Scott and Blade Runner 2049 (2017) by Denis Villeneuve, both starring Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard. In the second installment, Ryan Gosling played the blade runner replicant named K.
The new and definitive trailer for the eight-episode miniseries Blade Runner 2099 has been released. Set 50 years after the events of the film Blade Runner 2049 (2017) by Denis Villeneuve in a Los Angeles reborn but not thanks to humanity, the TV series follows the events of the fugitive Cora (Hunter Schafer), who takes on an identity as Blade Runner and is forced to collaborate with the dying replicant Olwen (Michelle Yeoh), to give the hunt for a fugitive who hides a truth that could bring down the fragile city. From 25 November 2026 on Prime Video (also visible on Sky Glass, Sky Q and via app on NOW Smart Stick).
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The main cast of the series includes, alongside the protagonists Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) and Hunter Schafer (Euphoria), Dimitri Abold (The Hunger Games - The Rime of the Nightingale and the Serpent) and Lewis Gribben (Somewhere Boy). Katelyn Rose Downey (The Nun II), Daniel Rigby (Nell: Forsaken), Johnny Harris (A Gentleman in Moscow), Amy Lennox (Only Child), Sheila Atim (The Woman King), Matthew Needham (House of the Dragon), Tom Burke (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga) and Maurizio Lombardi (Ripley) guest star in the series in recurring roles. Silka Luisa is showrunner, series creator, and executive producer. Ridley Scott, Alcon Entertainment co-founders Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Alcon Television president Ben Roberts, Steven Johnson, David W. Zucker and Clayton Krueger of Scott Free Productions, Richard Sharkey, Tom Spezialy, Michael Green, Cynthia Yorkin, Frank Giustra, Tim Gable and Isa Dick Hackett serve as executive producers. Jonathan van Tulleken (Shogun) is executive producer and director of the first two episodes of the miniseries.
The Blade Runner franchise, based on the novel The Android Hunter (1968) by Philip K. Dick, includes two film adaptations, respectively Blade Runner (1982) by Ridley Scott and Blade Runner 2049 (2017) by Denis Villeneuve (Dune), both starring Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard. In the second chapter, Ryan Gosling played the blade runner replicant named K.
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Blade Runner 2099, trailer and release date of the Prime Video series

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