Blade Runner 2099 takes us decades into the future of the iconic sci-fi franchise that started with Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford back in 1982 and continued with Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049.
If you're curious about what happens next as the series gets flipped on its head by Hunter Schafer playing a human pretending to be a replicant, you're in the right place.
From the Blade Runner 2099 release date, plot details, casting news, and latest trailer, here is a complete recap on everything that you need to know about Amazon Prime's upcoming Blade Runner 2099 TV show. For more, we have a look at the best shows on Prime Video.
Blade Runner 2099 release date
Blade Runner 2099 will be released on Prime Video on November 25, 2026.
Blade Runner 2099 plot
The official plot has been released for Blade Runner 2099, which is set 50 years after the previous movie. "Welcome to a future we no longer control," reads the tagline which teases how much the world has changed since that film. A war has taken place between the humans and the replicants, and the humans have lost.
Now the replicants are in charge and the humans are the second-class citizens. Hunter Schafer plays Cora, a human, opposite Michelle Yeoh's replicant Blade Runner named Olwen. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunner confirmed that Cora and Olwen will be working together in the new show.
"Hunter is playing a human who is a fugitive and has spent her life running from Blade Runners," Silka Luisa said. "And now has to pretend to be one. In this struggle to survive and just trying to live day-to-day, she’s actually lost her humanity. So she’s a human who has lost her humanity. And the question for the series is: Once you’ve lost her humanity, can you regain it?"
Olwen and Cora will be working together and investigating the missing rogue replicants — and this being Blade Runner, don’t expect any of the answers they find to be simple or expected.
I'll keep you posted as soon as more news breaks, but for now you can check out our list of the best sci-fi movies to watch in the meantime.
Is there a Blade Runner 2099 trailer?
The latest trailer for Blade Runner 2099 arrived in November, with the new look previewing a paradigm shift in power dynamics in the series - as Hunter Schafer goes undercover as a Replicant. Deckard is probably rolling in his grave.
Blade Runner 2099 cast
Currently, there have been quite a few Blade Runner 2099 casting announcements, the two biggest being Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer as the two leading roles. However, many character details and names are undisclosed right now. I'm still waiting to see if we get any familiar characters being recast or mentioned, so watch this space.
Here is the confirmed Blade Runner 2099 cast list so far:
- Michelle Yeoh as Olwen
- Hunter Schafer as Cora
- Dimitri Abold
- Lewis Gribben
- Katelyn Rose Downey
- Daniel Rigby
- Johnny Harris
- Amy Lennox
- Sheila Atim
- Matthew Needham
- Tom Burke
- Maurizio Lombardi
- Hugo Hamlet
Is Blade Runner 2099 connected to the Blade Runner movies?
Kind of? Blade Runner 2099 is indeed taking place in the same universe as the movies; 50 years after the events of the Blade Runner 2049 sequel and 80 years after the original. For more on that, there's the Blade Runner timeline to peruse at your leisure.
But here's where it gets confusing. Speaking to SFX magazine, showrunner Silka Luisa said, "No, [Blade Runner 2049] is not directly connected to the show. What was an important early mandate was that audiences could come to the show not having seen the films, and this could stand alone."
Additionally, according to producer Andrew Kosove, the new series will have "connective tissue and character and storylines that relate to the first two movies," but you won't need to know them to enjoy it.
Speaking at SDCC, showrunner Silka Luisa also teased the difference between the previous movies and Blade Runner 2099. "2019 was dark and rainy. 2049 was snowy and cold," she said. "Our show is a rebirth. It's the rebirth of a city, it's a rebirth of all of our characters, and so to me that felt like it should be hot and sticky and chaotic, and that's where we got the idea for the 'sunshine noir,' and so you're you're seeing Blade Runner, Ridley's Blade Runner, but through the lens of hard sunlight and deep shadow where you still have neons, and hopefully that feels like it's both familiar but completely different."
While we wait for more Blade Runner news, you can look ahead with our round-up of the best new TV shows on the way.
