# Prime Video’s New 8-Episode Sci-Fi Series Continues a Modern Masterpiece

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/prime-videos-new-8-episode-sci-fi-series-continues-a-modern-masterpiece/
- Published: 2026-11-01T03:07:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T05:39:43+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/prime-video-blade-runner-2099-sci-fi-series-masterpiece-spinoff/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- *Blade Runner 2099* is planned as an eight-episode series.
- The story is set 50 years after *Blade Runner 2049*.
- Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer lead the new story.

## Summary

Amazon MGM is developing an eight-episode limited series, *Blade Runner 2099*, extending the franchise’s story into a new era. Set 50 years after *Blade Runner 2049*, it shifts the format from film to television and imagines replicants as the dominant species, with two uneasy allies caught in a struggle over a dangerous secret.

Michelle Yeoh plays Olwen, an ageing replicant nearing the end of her life, while Hunter Schafer plays Cora, a fugitive human living under a Blade Runner identity. They pursue a runaway replicant, but the target’s identity and the pair’s trust in each other become uncertain. Ridley Scott is an executive producer; showrunner Silka Louisa, co-writer Michael Green and *Blade Runner 2049* production designer Paul Inglis are also involved. The article gives a release date of 25 November 2026.

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