ALEX BROWN
The humans lost. Prime Video has released the final trailer for Blade Runner 2099, the first live-action TV series in the franchise, and it paints a Los Angeles where Replicants hold power and humans live as second-class citizens. All eight episodes premiere November 25, 2026, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories.
Watch the Blade Runner 2099 final trailer
Prime Video posted the trailer on November 9 with the tagline “Whatever you can build, you can destroy,” and it has already passed 5.7 million views on the streamer’s official YouTube channel. It is the third trailer, following a San Diego Comic-Con teaser in July and a New York Comic Con trailer in October.
What is Blade Runner 2099 about?
The series is set 50 years after Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049. Following an uprising, Replicants are now the power brokers of a reborn Los Angeles. Cora, a fugitive who has spent her life adopting new identities, takes on one last disguise: a Blade Runner. To protect her brother, she is forced to partner with Olwen, a Replicant Blade Runner in the final days of her life. Together they hunt a runaway who is hiding a truth that could bring down the city.
That flips the original setup. In Ridley Scott’s 1982 film, humans hunted Replicants. Here, a human is pretending to be one in order to survive.
Blade Runner 2099 cast
- Michelle Yeoh as Olwen, a Replicant Blade Runner near the end of her life
- Hunter Schafer as Cora, a human posing as a Replicant
- Dimitri Abold and Lewis Gribben as series regulars
- Tom Burke, Sheila Atim, Johnny Harris, Daniel Rigby, Amy Lennox and Matthew Needham in supporting roles
Who is making it?
Silka Luisa (Shining Girls) created the series and serves as showrunner. Ridley Scott, who directed the original film, is an executive producer, and Jonathan van Tulleken, who directed episodes of FX’s ShÅgun, directed the first two episodes. The show comes from Amazon MGM Studios and Alcon Television Group, the company that produced 2049.
What stands out in the final trailer
- A city remade. The neon and rain are still there, but the skyline belongs to Replicants now, and the trailer keeps reminding us who is in charge.
- The partnership. Yeoh’s Olwen and Schafer’s Cora don’t trust each other, and the trailer builds the show around that tension.
- A rebellion brewing. A plea for Cora to help “take back our city” hints that the human underground has plans for her.
Blade Runner 2099 release date
All eight episodes drop at once on Wednesday, November 25, 2026, the day before U.S. Thanksgiving. It is billed as a limited series with no second season announced. It lands the same day Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth sequel opens in IMAX, making it a big day for sci-fi and crime fans alike. For everything else arriving this season, see our end-of-year release guide.
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Sources: Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios press release, About Amazon, Variety.