Nearly a decade after Blade Runner 2049 expanded Ridley Scott’s cyberpunk universe, fans finally got their first substantial look at its television successor. During Friday’s Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con, Prime Video unveiled the first teaser trailer for Blade Runner 2099, while confirming the eight-episode limited series will premiere Nov. 25 in more than 240 countries and territories.
The teaser immediately re-establishes the franchise’s unmistakable identity.
Rain-soaked streets, towering holograms and neon-drenched skylines dominate the footage, blending familiar Blade Runner imagery with a Los Angeles that has continued evolving fifty years after the events of Blade Runner 2049. While the visual DNA remains intact, the series appears to introduce a world where humanity’s grip on the city has weakened even further.
At the center of the story is Cora (Hunter Schafer), a fugitive who assumes one final identity by becoming a Blade Runner. She reluctantly joins forces with Olwen (Michelle Yeoh), a replicant nearing the end of her lifespan, to hunt a mysterious runaway whose existence threatens the fragile balance holding their society together.
Rather than relying on action alone, the teaser leans into the existential questions that have defined the franchise since 1982, exploring identity, mortality and what it means to remain human in a world increasingly populated by artificial life. Watch below:
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The Hall H panel brought together stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer, along with showrunner Silka Luisa and executive producers Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, who discussed bringing the celebrated sci-fi universe to television while honoring the tone established by Ridley Scott’s original film and Denis Villeneuve’s sequel.
The series also stars Dimitri Abold and Lewis Gribben, with recurring performances from Katelyn Rose Downey, Daniel Rigby, Johnny Harris, Amy Lennox, Sheila Atim, Matthew Needham, Tom Burke and Maurizio Lombardi.
Produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Alcon Television Group, Blade Runner 2099 is executive produced by Silka Luisa, Ridley Scott, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Ben Roberts, David W. Zucker, Clayton Krueger, Tom Spezialy, Richard Sharkey, Michael Green, Cynthia Yorkin, Frank Giustra, Isa Dick Hackett and Jonathan van Tulleken, who also directed the first two episodes.
With Blade Runner 2099, Prime Video appears less interested in reinventing the franchise than extending it, preserving its haunting atmosphere while introducing a new mystery set in one of science fiction’s most enduring futures.
The Geek is a working screenwriter, director and screenwriting instructor.
