Prime Video has released the final trailer for Blade Runner 2099, putting Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer’s new chapter in the franchise back in focus before its November 25, 2026 premiere. All eight episodes of the limited series will arrive together, rather than following a weekly release schedule.
The trailer was unveiled on November 9, according to Amazon MGM Studios’ announcement. This is a television continuation of the story, not a newly announced third theatrical film. The final trailer is the fresh development; the series’ release plans were already public.
Where does Blade Runner 2099 fit?
The series takes place 50 years after the events of Blade Runner 2049. Its setting is a changed Los Angeles, where the official synopsis pairs a fugitive named Cora with Olwen, a Replicant nearing the end of her life.
Schafer plays Cora and Yeoh plays Olwen. Cora takes on the identity of a Blade Runner, and the pair pursue a runaway whose secret threatens the city. UPI’s report on the trailer describes Cora as a human going undercover in a world ruled by Replicants.
That places the new story beyond the 1982 original and Denis Villeneuve’s 2017 sequel. It does not establish that characters from those films will return, so familiar names should not be treated as confirmed cast members without an announcement.
Who is making the series?
Silka Luisa is the creator and showrunner. Ridley Scott, who directed the original film, is an executive producer; that credit should not be confused with directing the new series. Jonathan van Tulleken directed its first two episodes and is also an executive producer, Amazon MGM says.
Alongside Yeoh and Schafer, the series regulars include Dimitri Abold and Lewis Gribben. The announced recurring cast includes Sheila Atim, Matthew Needham and Tom Burke.
Release date and episode plan
Amazon MGM says all eight episodes will premiere exclusively on Prime Video on November 25 in more than 240 countries and territories. The announcement does not give a local release hour, so an exact India drop time should not be inferred from the date alone.
For viewers, the useful distinction is format: this is an eight-episode limited series set later in the franchise timeline, with a full-season launch. The trailer is promotion for that release, not evidence of how the finished season will be received. No review verdict or unseen plot reveal is established by the announcement.
Archive photo: Michelle Yeoh at the Blade Runner 2099 panel at New York Comic Con on October 10, 2026, not a frame from the final trailer. Photo: Mandilea16, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Resized and compressed.
