Blade Runner’s 3rd 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,” Due date described.

We formerly reported that the series, entitledBlade Runner 2099had actually been greenlit under initial movie director Ridley Scott back in 2022.

There have actually been a couple of brand-new advancements ever since, primarily in casting news. Blade Runner 2099 will star Michelle Yeoh (Whatever Everywhere All At Once; Bending Tiger, Hidden Dragonand will likewise include Hunter Schafer (Bliss The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & & SnakesTom Burke (Black Bag Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagaand Dimitri Abold (Warrior Nunlikewise The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & & Snakesto name a few.

Really little else is understood about the program beyond the truth that it will happen 50 years after the 2017 movie Blade Runner 2049that it will be a live action miniseries, which it will run for 6 episodes.

The showrunner will be Silka Luisa, an author best understood for her deal with the television series Shining Girls(She likewise composed one episode of Paramount+’s Halo Television series.) Ridley Scott is included as an executive manufacturer and is reported to direct several episodes.

Neither Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve nor previous big-screen franchise stars Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, or Ana de Armas are understood to be included.

The series will come as part of a wave of revivals of traditional Hollywood sci-fi franchises on streaming– for instance, just recently premiered FX series Alien: Earth (which is streaming on Disney+) has actually accomplished substantial viewership numbers and prevalent important honor.

On the other hand, Amazon’s own The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Television series has actually discovered reasonably lukewarm reception offered its enormous spending plan.