A 'Blade Runner 2099' series, executive produced by Ridley Scott, has been greenlit at Prime Video.
There is an expansion coming to the Blade Runner universe in the not-too-distant future. Fans of the iconic sci-fi franchise can begin to properly buzz now, with Prime Video officially greenlighting Blade Runner 2099, an upcoming live-action limited series sequel set to expand the Runner universe as we know it.
Ridley Scott, who directed the original 1982 Blade Runner film, will serve as executive producer for this upcoming sequel with Silka Luisa serving as both executive producer and showrunner. Another Blade Runner alum, Michael Green , will join the team as a non-writing EP. Head of global television for Amazon Studios Vernon Sanders in a statement spoke of the excitement around bringing the sci-fi franchise to the Prime Video audience.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY “The original Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, is considered one of the greatest and most influential science-fiction movies of all time, and we’re excited to introduce Blade Runner 2099 to our global Prime Video customers.
Blade Runner 2099 will be a sequel to the 2017 Denis Villeneuve-directed Blade Runner 2049 and the upcoming series comes from Amazon Studios and Alcon Entertainment. In a statement released by Alcon co-CEOs and co-founders, Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, the pair are equally excited to be expanding the sci-fi franchise and tease a “new realm with the provocative storyline that Silka has created.
The rest of the executive producing team for Blade Runner 2099 include Kosove, Johnson, Cynthia Yorkin, Frank Giustra, Isa Dick Hackett, head of television for Alcon Ben Roberts, Scott Free Productions’ David W. Zucker and Clayton Krueger, and writer Tom Spezialy.
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