'Blade Runner 2099': Release timeline, cast, and plot details

The wait will soon be over. In 2026, popular OTT streamer will release '

Blade Runner 2099

,' a

limited series

that is a sequel to the 2017 film '

Blade Runner 2049

.'The makers of the series update in an internal memo, releasing promotions for Tom Lieber and Kara Smith, two executives.Starring Michelle Yeoh, the series was greenlighted in September 2022 but was delayed by nearly a year due to the 2023

Hollywood strikes

. Previously aiming for a late 2025 or early 2026 premiere, Blade Runner 2099 is currently in post-production.

The cast members

In addition to Hunter Schafer, Dimitri Abold, Lewis Gribben, Katelyn Rose Downey, and Daniel Rigby, the recurring cast includes Johnny Harris, Amy Lennox, Sheila Atim, Matthew Needham, Burke, and Lombardi.

About the movie

Schafer plays Cora (Hunter Schafer), a replicant who has spent her entire life on the run and has taken on multiple identities. The story takes place in Los Angeles in 2099. She takes on one last identity in order to provide her brother with a stable future, and she feels driven to work with a Blade Runner named Olwen (Yeoh), who is nearing the end of her life.A city struggling for rebirth faces an existential threat as the two become entangled in an expanding conspiracy.