Blade Runner 2099

The Amazon miniseries with Michelle Yeoh, set in a 2099 Los Angeles run by Replicants.

Blade Runner 2099 is an upcoming American sci-fi television miniseries created by Silka Luisa for Amazon Prime Video, a sequel to the films Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049. It is scheduled to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on November 25, 2026, with all eight episodes releasing at once.

Quick Facts

Genre

Science-fiction; Action-thriller

Creator

Silka Luisa

Based on

Characters from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick

Starring

Michelle Yeoh
Hunter Schafer
Dimitri Abold
Lewis Gribben

Country

United States

Language

English

Cinematography

Rob Hardy
Ula Pontikos
Vanja Černjul
Damián García

Editor

Fiona Colbeck
Leo Trombetta
Henk Van Eeghen

Facts from the source article.

Background

In 2099 Los Angeles, after an uprising, Replicants are the power brokers of the city while humans have become second-class citizens. Olwen, a Replicant Blade Runner nearing the end of her life, played by Michelle Yeoh, unites with her partner Cora, a human pretending to be a Replicant, played by Hunter Schafer, to hunt a gang of rogue Replicants. Dimitri Abold and Lewis Gribben are series regulars, with Tom Burke and Maurizio Lombardi among the recurring cast.

In November 2021 Ridley Scott announced that a pilot and a series bible had been written with initial plans for 10 episodes; the title was revealed in February 2022, Luisa joined as showrunner, and Amazon ordered the miniseries in September 2022. Jeremy Podeswa was hired to direct the pilot but exited over scheduling, and Jonathan Van Tulleken took over the first two episodes. Filming was due to begin in Belfast but was postponed by the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, after which production left Northern Ireland and moved to Prague in May 2024, shooting mainly at Barrandov Studios with additional filming in Barcelona until late December 2024. Luisa has described the look as "sunshine noir" rather than the rainy neon of Scott's original.