SDCC Teaser Gives Us Our First Good Look at Blade Runner 2099
- On Friday at San Diego Comic-Con, Prime Video unveiled the first footage of Blade Runner 2099 and confirmed the limited series will premiere on November 25, 2026.
- Created by Silka Luisa, this sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 Blade Runner and Denis Villeneuve's 2017 Blade Runner 2049 unfolds fifty years after the previous film in a dystopian Los Angeles.
- Hunter Schafer stars as Cora, a fugitive, partnering with Michelle Yeoh as Olwen, a dying Replicant, to confront a conspiracy posing an "existential threat," according to the logline.
- Showrunner Silka Luisa aims to capture the franchise's signature dystopian tone while avoiding pitfalls seen in other high-profile adaptations of beloved source material.
- Prime Video debuted the footage alongside updates for The Rings of Power Season 3, reflecting the streamer's continued investment in building expansive, high-budget genre universes.
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technewstube.comSDCC teaser gives us our first good look at Blade Runner 2099
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