‘Blade Runner 2099’ Sequel Series Sets Late Fall Prime Video Premiere; First Trailer Lifts Off At Comic-Con
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- Prime Video premiered the first trailer for "Blade Runner 2099" at Comic-Con's Hall H and announced a November 25 streaming premiere across 240 countries and territories.
- "Blade Runner 2099" is set 50 years after "Blade Runner 2049" (2017), executive produced by Ridley Scott and produced by Alcon Entertainment, which owns the Blade Runner IP.
- Hunter Schafer stars as Cora, a human fugitive who adopts a Blade Runner identity and partners with Michelle Yeoh as Olwen, a Replicant described as "days from dying."
- The series is set in a Los Angeles "reborn but not by humanity," built around the question of whether some humans are replicants, with Cora hunting a runaway whose truth "could collapse their fragile city."
- Silka Luisa serves as showrunner and EP, while Jonathan van Tulleken (Shōgun) directed the first two episodes; the ensemble includes series regulars Dimitri Abold and Lewis Gribben plus recurring guest stars Tom Burke, Johnny Harris, Matthew Needham, and Sheila Atim.
- Alcon co-founders Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson joined Yeoh, Schafer, and Luisa on the Hall H panel, positioning the series as a major streaming tentpole for Prime Video's late-fall slate.
Why it matters: Alcon Entertainment is converting a cult film franchise into a streaming tentpole on a Thanksgiving-week launch date across 240 countries, anchoring Prime Video's late-fall slate against sci-fi rivals like Apple's 'Foundation.' With Ridley Scott as EP and a Hall H debut, the series tests whether decades-old IP can still drive Prime Video subscriber acquisition in an increasingly crowded streaming marketplace.
