Blade Runner 2099 Releases Official Final Trailer Ahead of November 25 Prime Video Premiere

The eight-episode sci-fi series starring Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer takes viewers 50 years beyond Blade Runner 2049, introducing a new Blade Runner and a dying Replicant.

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Blade Runner 2099 features Hunter Schafer and Michelle Yeoh as Cora and Olwen in Prime Video's upcoming sci-fi series.

Prime Video has released the official final trailer for Blade Runner 2099, offering a closer look at the next chapter of the iconic science-fiction franchise. Produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Alcon Television Group, the limited series will premiere exclusively on Prime Video on November 25, 2026.

The upcoming series takes place 50 years after the events of Blade Runner 2049, introducing a rebuilt Los Angeles where humanity is no longer responsible for shaping the city’s future. The story follows Cora, a fugitive who assumes one final identity as a Blade Runner in an attempt to escape her past.

Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer lead the cast, bringing two new characters into the franchise’s established world of Replicants, identity, and artificial life. All eight episodes will arrive simultaneously, making the series available in more than 240 countries and territories.

Blade Runner 2099 Explores a New Conflict Between Humans and Replicants

In the series, Cora is forced to partner with Olwen, a Replicant who is only days away from death. Together, they pursue a runaway whose hidden truth threatens to destabilize the fragile city.

The supporting cast includes Dimitri Abold and Lewis Gribben as series regulars. Recurring guest stars include Katelyn Rose Downey, Daniel Rigby, Johnny Harris, Amy Lennox, Sheila Atim, Matthew Needham, Tom Burke, and Maurizio Lombardi.

Silka Luisa serves as the creator, showrunner, and executive producer of Blade Runner 2099. Original Blade Runner director Ridley Scott also joins the production as an executive producer alongside Alcon Entertainment co-founders Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

Jonathan van Tulleken, known for Shōgun, serves as an executive producer and directed the first two episodes.

With its final trailer now released, Blade Runner 2099 is scheduled to premiere with all eight episodes on November 25, 2026, exclusively on Prime Video.

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