Blade Runner 2099 TV series coming to Prime Video

Amazon Studios revealed Thursday that Blade Runner 2099, a new live-action series set after the events of Ridley Scott’s 1982 film and Dennis Villeneuve’s 2017 sequel, is currently in production for Prime Video. This news comes nearly a year following Scott’s announcement that he was working on a 10-episode series set in the Blade Runner universe, with a pilot for the series reportedly completed.

No word yet regarding the series’ cast, characters, plot, or release date, but according to Deadline, writer-producer Silka Luisa (Shining girls, HaloThe script was written by, who will also be producing it. Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson and Broderick Johnson are Alcon Entertainment’s co-CEOs. Blade RunnerMichael Green (writer 2049), is also an executive producer.

“[W]e are beyond excited to continue to extend the Blade Runner canon into a new realm with the provocative storyline that Silka has created,” Alcon Entertainment co-CEOs and co-founders Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson said in a press statement. “We recognize that we have a very high bar to meet with this next installment. Together with Silka and our partners at Amazon, and Scott Free Productions, we hope that we can live up to that standard and delight audiences with the next generation of Blade Runner.”

Blade Runner 2099The premiere of Blade Runner: Black LotusCGAnimeSeries, a series of CG animation episodes that were created between the events in Blade RunnerAnd Blade Runner 2049The show debuted last fall on Adult Swim, Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll.