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New 'Blade Runner 2099' trailer is a space fan's dream with sinister starships and strange exoplanets (video)

Monday 19 October23:00 · 2h agoAI summary
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The trailer for Prime Video's 'Blade Runner 2099,' set for release on 25 November 2026, shows a world where replicants have overthrown humans and now hunt them, with new off-world space scenes.

01Summary

  1. 01The series is executive produced by showrunner Silka Louisa and stars Michelle Yeoh as a replicant Blade Runner and Hunter Schafer as a human on the run.
  2. 02The trailer debuted at New York Comic-Con and features space travel, off-world planets, and a 'bizarre helmet' worn by Yeoh.
  3. 03The eight-episode first season is set 50 years after the events of 'Blade Runner 2049' and arrives on Prime Video on 25 November 2026.
  4. 04The cast also includes Dimitri Abold, Lewis Gribben, Katelyn Rose Downey, Daniel Rigby, Johnny Harris, Amy Lennox, Sheila Atim, and Matthew Needham.

02Why it matters

This matters to fans of the Blade Runner franchise and cyberpunk genre, promising a fresh twist with replicants in power and the first significant space exploration in the series.

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