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'Blade Runner 2099' Gets Teaser, November Premiere Date

Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer star in the series, which centers on replicants ruling the city and a missing-android hunt tied to franchise mythology.

  • Prime Video unveiled the first photos from the upcoming Blade Runner 2099 series on Thursday, showcasing stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer in a transformed Los Angeles ahead of tomorrow's Comic Con panel.
  • Showrunner Silka Luisa confirmed that Replicants now serve as the city's power brokers, leaving humans as second-class citizens in this future Los Angeles depicted with a "sunshine noir filter."
  • Michelle Yeoh stars as Olwen, a replicant Blade Runner hunting missing rogue replicants in her final days, while Hunter Schafer portrays Cora, a human fugitive forced to pose as a Blade Runner.
  • Tomorrow morning's Comic Con panel will likely debut a first-look trailer and premiere date, with the production team prioritizing practical, in-camera effects to realize the expansive world.
  • Original Blade Runner director Ridley Scott executive produces while Blade Runner 2049 scribe Michael Green helped develop the project; the central mystery will look "both forwards and backwards" through the franchise's mythology.
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