Blade Runner's third live-action entry will be a streaming miniseries on Amazon Prime Video, and Deadline reports that it is now slated for release in 2026.
"The update was provided by Laura Lancaster, Head of US SVOD TV Development and Series – Co-Productions at Amazon MGM Studios, in an internal memo announcing promotions for two executives, Kara Smith and Tom Lieber," Deadline explained.
We previously reported that the series, titled Blade Runner 2099, had been greenlit under original film director Ridley Scott back in 2022.
There have been a few new developments since then, mainly in casting news. Blade Runner 2099 will star Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and will also feature Hunter Schafer (Euphoria, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), Tom Burke (Black Bag, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), and Dimitri Abold (Warrior Nun, also The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), among others.
Very little else is known about the show beyond the fact that it will take place 50 years after the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049, that it will be a live action miniseries, and that it will run for six episodes.
The showrunner will be Silka Luisa, a writer best known for her work on the TV series Shining Girls. (She also wrote one episode of Paramount+'s Halo TV series.) Ridley Scott is involved as an executive producer and is rumored to direct one or more episodes.
Neither Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve nor prior big-screen franchise stars Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, or Ana de Armas are known to be involved.
The series will come as part of a wave of revivals of classic Hollywood sci-fi franchises on streaming—for example, recently premiered FX series Alien: Earth (which is streaming on Disney+) has achieved huge viewership numbers and widespread critical acclaim.
On the other hand, Amazon's own The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV series has found relatively lukewarm reception given its massive budget.