The eight-episode collection stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer.
We finally have a trailer for Blade Runner 2099, after practically five years of waiting. That is the primary live-action TV show in franchise historical past, although there was an animated collection known as Blade Runner: Black Lotus.
Because the identify suggests, Blade Runner 2099 is about 50 years after the sequel movie Blade Runner 2049. The trailer is completely soaked in cyberpunk vibes and the consequences look fairly beautiful. There is not a lot by the use of plot specifics, however there are some hints that the world has modified considerably since Ryan Gosling did his factor in Blade Runner 2049.
It appears as if replicants at the moment are the dominant societal power, with people making up a minority. There are additionally references to some sort of conflict that occurred someday after 2049 however earlier than the occasions of the present.
The collection stars Hunter Schafer because the blade runner Cora, which is nice as a result of her character did not have a lot to do in Euphoria season 3. Michelle Yeoh is taking part in a replicant that Cora has to reluctantly staff up with to search out “a runaway hiding a fact that would collapse their fragile metropolis.”
The showrunner right here is Silka Luisa, who made the Apple TV+ adaptation of Shining Women. Ridley Scott, who directed the primary movie, is on-board as an government producer. That is being described as a restricted collection, so it is likely to be a one-and-done. All eight episodes drop through Prime Video on November 25.
For the uninitiated, Blade Runner is a cult traditional sci-fi movie from 1982 that includes people clashing with humanoid robots. It was based mostly on a Philip Ok. Dick novel and has since spawned a complete franchise spanning movies, cartoons, comedian books and novels. It shares lore with the Alien franchise, although the 2 universes are technically separate.
