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Prime Video Announces Blade Runner 2099 Release and One-Season Arc

Showrunner Silka Luisa says creators treated the eight-episode series as a cinematic project to preserve a complete, self-contained story rather than an open-ended franchise.

Overview

  • The San Diego Comic-Con panel on Friday and Saturday, July 24–25, unveiled the first trailer and first-look images and featured Michelle Yeoh, Hunter Schafer and showrunner Silka Luisa.
  • Prime Video confirmed all eight episodes will be available worldwide on November 25, 2026, with the streamer releasing the season simultaneously in more than 240 countries and territories.
  • Silka Luisa reiterated that the show was always planned as a limited, eight-episode story so it could keep a film-like beginning, middle and end rather than expand into multiple seasons.
  • The series stars Michelle Yeoh as Olwen, a replicant who knows she has only days left to live, and Hunter Schafer as Cora, a human fugitive posing as a Blade Runner who teams with Olwen to hunt rogue replicants.
  • The project draws on franchise veterans and heavyweights including executive producer Ridley Scott and developer Michael Green and signals a streaming trend toward high-budget, self-contained TV stories that keep a cinematic tone.