Blade Runner 2099 Show’s New Filming Start Month Reportedly Revealed
Summary
Prime Video’sBlade Runner 2099sequel show adds a star ofThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesandEuphoriato the cast alongside Michelle Yeoh. Ridley Scott is in the producer’s chair for the next expansion of theBlade Runneruniverse. Set fifty years after Denis Villeneuve’sBlade Runner 2049, the new sequel show is set to begin filming in June 2024.
With cameras getting set to roll any day now onBlade Runner 2099, the show has reportedly addedEuphoriaandHunger Gamesfranchise star Hunter Schafer as a co-lead alongside the previously-announced Yeoh (viaTHR). Details on Schafer’s character are being kept under wraps, as are all other details about the highly-anticipated Amazon Prime series.
Schafer Joins Scott’s Latest Continuation Of The Blade Runner Story
Scott’s originalBlade Runnermovierevolutionized science fiction when it came out in 1982. Featuring groundbreaking visuals, the noir-inspired film set a tone for gritty futuristic sci-fi that would inspire filmmakers for years to come. One of those filmmakers, Villeneuve, took over directorial duties on 2017’sBlade Runner 2049, the long-awaited sequel to Scott’s original classic.
Blade Runner 2049was something of a box office disappointment, grossing just $267 million worldwide, and now Scott will turn to Prime Video and the small screen in once again expanding the universe he introduced back in 1982. Silka Luisa (Shining Girls) serves as showrunner onBlade Runner 2099, bringing a new perspective to the material, with a story Scott has likened to Aldous Huxley’s classic novelBrave New World.
The first twoBlade Runner 2099episodes will be directed by Jonathan van Tulleken (Shogun)
It’s yet to be seen what brave new take on Scott’s sci-fi universe Luisa has in store for viewers whenBlade Runner 2099reaches Prime Video. The cast is becoming intriguing after the additions of Yeoh and Schafer, the latter of whom made a strong impression as Tigris in the recentHunger Gamesprequel movie, after garnering attention as Jules in HBO’sEuphoria. WithEuphoriacurrently on hiatus, Schafer has room in her schedule to join Yeoh, Luisa and company as they embark upon the latest continuation of the sci-fi journey Scott began with Harrison Ford way back in 1982.
Source: THR
Blade Runner 2099
Blade Runner 2099 is a television series created for Prime Video and takes place fifty years after 2017’s Blade Runner 2049. Ridley Scott and Silka Luisa are executive producers of the series, with current plot details still under wraps.
