The Blade Runner 2099 series is moving forward with a major star leading the cast. Michelle Yeoh, who's now an Oscar winner thanks to Everything Everywhere All at Once, has officially joined Blade Runner 2099.
Per Deadline, Yeoh has been cast for a mystery role in Blade Runner 2099, a limited series that will serve as the follow-up to the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049. No details have yet been divulged about the plot of the series, nor is there any information shared about the role Yeoh will play. No other cast members have been officially announced.
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The Blade Runner franchise is derived from the original Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Director Ridley Scott's Blade Runner film was written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, and it featured a strong cast including Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos. It has since become regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made.
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Michelle Yeoh Lands Her Next Big Role
Michelle Yeoh made history by becoming the first Asian performer to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, which was one of many major honors garnered with her role in the hit A24 film Everything Everywhere All at Once. Yeoh has several other upcoming projects for fans to look forward to beyond her new casting in Blade Runner 2099. She will star in Alex Kurtzman's Star Trek: Section 31, reprising her role as Emperor Philippa Georgiou from Star Trek: Discovery. Yeoh also has a key role in the upcoming Wicked adaptation from director Jon M. Chu.
Blade Runner 2099 doesn't yet have a premiere date set at Prime Video.
Source: Deadline
Blade Runner 2099
Takes place fifty years after the events of "Blade Runner 2049".
- Seasons
- 1
- Streaming Service(s)
- Prime Video
- Franchise(s)
- Blade Runner
- Directors
- Jeremy Podeswa