Although Blade Runner In 1982, Ridley Scott’s sci-fi hit starring Harrison Ford didn’t bring any exuberant amounts into the box office, and over the years it became one of the most influential and best representatives of its genre. In 2017, Dune director Denis Villeneuve continued the classic on the big screen with the sequel Blade Runner 2049, which received critical and fan acclaim. No wonder, then, that the world of replicants, which is based on the successful novel series by Philip K. Dick, is to be further exploited.
Amazon announced a series continuation in 2022, which will give us as Blade Runner 2099 will be achieved on the streaming platform. After the project was quiet for a long time, it’s finally getting started. Because the series has its Lead actress found ‒ and this one seems made for the sci-fi hit.
Sci-Fi Series: Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh will lead Blade Runner 2099 on Amazon Prime
As reported by Variety Michelle Yeoh cast in the lead role in Blade Runner 2099. The actress won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2023 for the sci-fi mindfuck Everything Everywhere All at Once and, after her appearance in Star Trek: Discovery, will soon have her own Star Trek film, Star Trek: Section 31, in which she is also involved involved as a producer. Numerous projects can attest to the fact that Yeoh knows her way around futuristic worlds and is a great actress at the same time.
Paramount
Michelle Yeoh in Star Trek
The news comes about a year after Killing Eve star Jodie Comer was considered for the role. However, the actress left the project just a few months later. After production postponements due to the Hollywood strikes and a lot of changes behind the camera Shogun director Jonathan van Tulleken to direct the first two episodes of the sci-fi series and also serve as executive producer. Silka Luisa (Shining Girls) is now acting as showrunner. Blade Runner mastermind Ridley Scott (Napoleon) serves as an executive producer.
50 years later: That’s what the sci-fi series Blade Runner 2099 on Amazon Prime is about
The series takes place 50 years after the events of Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049. Further details about the plot are being kept under wraps, but Variety claims to have learned from insiders that Yeoh is a character named Olwen will embody that as Replicant at the end of her life stands. However, this has not yet been officially confirmed.
After production on Blade Runner 2099 was supposed to begin in Belfast last year, it finally started in Prague recently. A start date for the series on Amazon Prime Video has not yet been announced.