“Blade Runner 2099” Adds Michelle Yeoh to Cast in Leading Role

Prime Video’s Blade Runner 2099 just got a major talent upgrade. Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh has joined the cast in a lead role, adding a major star to one of TV’s most mysterious, exciting new projects. Yeoh joins a limited series that comes from showrunner Silka Luisa (Shining Girls) and is executive-produced by original Blade Runner director Ridley ...

By The Credits  |  May 7, 2024
“Game of Thrones” Director Taking on Amazon’s “Blade Runner” TV Series

Amazon’s Blade Runner 2099 has landed a director who knows a thing or two about pulling off an extremely ambitious series. Four-time Emmy nominee Jeremy Podeswa—you can read our interview with him about directing Game of Thrones here—will direct the pilot and serve as the series’ producing director and executive producer. Podeswa will also be a vital cog ...

By The Credits  |  March 15, 2023
“Blade Runner 2099” Series Coming to Amazon

Amazon has officially ordered a Blade Runner 2049 sequel series. This is huge news for the legion of Blade Runner fans, sci-fi fans, and Ridley Scott and Denis Villeneuve fans. The new series, Blade Runner 2099, will be set (as the title makes clear) 50 years after Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, although plot details will be a tightly held secret—for now. The ...

By The Credits  |  September 16, 2022