Today Amazon Studios announced a new limited series that will scrutinize the next fifty years of the Blade Runner Franchisetitled Blade Runner 2099. This new live-action series from the well-known franchise, will see Ridley Scott as executive producer, alongside Silka Luisa who will also be the showrunner of the production. Currently, the release calendar on the well-known platform has not yet been revealed, but we know that it will be released exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries.
This new series dedicated to the world of Blade Runner, svery much follows the trail that was taken with the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which has made a lot of talk about itself around the world, but which despite everything has totaled a large number of views. Amazon Studios global television chief Vernon Sanders said:
The Blade Runner original, directed by Ridley Scott, is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential sci-fi films of all time and we are thrilled to present Blade Runner 2099 to our global Prime Video customers. We are honored to be able to present this continuation of the franchise of Blade Runner and we are confident that by partnering with Ridley, Alcon Entertainment, Scott Free Productions and the extraordinarily talented Silka Luisa, Blade Runner 2099 it will support the intellect, themes and spirit of its cinematic predecessors
On the occasion of the official presentation of Blade Runner 2099, the CEO and co-founder of Alcon Entertainment, Andrew Kosove and Broderick Jhonson, also declared themselves excited to be back to partner with Amazon Studios:
We are delighted to continue our business relationship with our Amazon friends. And we are extremely excited to continue to extend the canon of Blade Runner into a new realm with the provocative storyline that Silka has created. The public first discovered Ridley Scott’s brilliant vision for Blade Runner 40 years ago and has since become one of the most influential science fiction films of all time. Denis Villeneuve’s sequel, Blade Runner 2049 , then it became one of the best-reviewed sequels of all time. So, we recognize that we have a very high level to reach with this next installment. Together with Silka and our partners Amazon and Scott Free Productions, we hope we can live up to this standard and delight audiences with the next generation of Blade Runner .
Currently, no details have been revealed about what the plot will be, or if some historical character of the franchise will return to the small screen, but we are convinced that very soon, we will be able to find out more about this ambitious Blade Runner 2099.
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