Prime Video unveils a new trailer for the upcoming limited series “Blade Runner 2099” at New York Comic Con, with cast members and creators previewing the show. Stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer appear at the event, along with the show’s creative team, as the franchise expands with an eight-episode follow-up centered on replicants and human identity.
Across reports, the series is described as set in a version of Los Angeles decades after earlier events, with the trailer highlighting an aftermath shaped by replicant control and upheaval. Yeoh plays a dying replicant whose condition and perspective drive the story, while Schafer portrays an undercover human fugitive navigating a shifting identity tied to becoming a Blade Runner. Several outlets frame the plot as detective work and a conspiracy, including efforts involving a proposed “cure” for replicants, alongside themes of mortality and personhood. The show is created by Silka Luisa and produced with Amazon MGM Studios and Alcon Television Group.
