‘Blade Runner 2049’ Sequel Series in Development at Amazon
variety.comJoe Otterson TV ReporterA live-action “Blade Runner” sequel series is in development at Amazon, Variety has learned.Titled “Blade Runner 2099,” the series will serve as a follow-up to the “Blade Runner” sequel “Blade Runner 2049.” Silka Luisa will write and executive produce, with Ridley Scott set to executive produce via Scott Free Productions.
Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson of Alcon Entertainment are also executive producing along with David W. Zucker of Scott Free, “Blade Runner 2049” screenwriter Michael Green, Ben Roberts, Cynthia Yorkin, and Clayton Krueger.
Alcon Entertainment and Amazon Studios will also produce along with Scott Free.Plot details on the series are being kept under wraps, but the title indicates it will take place fifty years after the events of the most recent film in the franchise, which debuted in theaters in 2017 with Denis Villeneuve directing.
In addition to the two films, Adult Swim recently aired the anime series “Blade Runner: Black Lotus,” which takes place in the year 2032.Scott had previously teased that a “Blade Runner” live-action series was in the works, telling the BBC in November 2021 that the pilot had already been written and a series bible had been prepared.More to come….
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