[GreyHorace]

Blade Runner TV series in development at Amazon

Blade Runner 2099 would jump the franchise 50 years into its future

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Blade Runner 2099, a new entry in the Blade Runner franchise that’s planned as a television sequel to the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049, is in development at Amazon Studios, reports Deadline.

The live-action series will be written and executive-produced by Silka Luisa, the showrunner of the Apple TV Plus series Shining Girls, which will premiere this spring. Ridley Scott, the director of the original 1982 film, Blade Runner, will also be an executive producer.

Despite these details, nothing is set in stone. The series is in what Deadline calls “priority development.” This means that Amazon Studios is “fast tracking” scripts and looking into production dates, but that the series isn’t actually underway yet. The production is staffing up a writers room at the moment, according to Deadline, which also reports that Scott himself could direct episodes of the series if it gets greenlit.

This isn’t the first we’ve heard of a Blade Runner TV show. During his double press tour for his films House of Gucci and The Last Duel, Scott said that he was planning a 10-episode series based in the universe. At the time, Scott mentioned that there was a pilot written for the series and a show bible, but it’s unclear if Blade Runner 2099 is the same series that Scott was discussing at the time.

While Blade Runner has had quite a few spinoffs, including animated shorts and the recent anime Blade Runner: Black Lotus, nothing in the series has explored the future past Blade Runner 2049. With a gap of 50 years, there’s really no telling what the new 2099-set series could be about, but we’re guessing replicants will be involved one way or another.

Set 50 years after 2049. Ridley Scott executive producer. No involvement from Denis Villeneuve.

This will be probably be trash like Wheel of Time and the upcoming Rings of Power. Don't expect a quality show like the recent Reacher.

 

[HariSeldon]

Bladerunner is cheapened by too much content. When a bladerunner film is released, it’s an event. A tv show is not an event.

 

[DonDonDonPata]

I'm guessing this is 50 years after 2049 so they can make it whatever political/ideological/visual thing they want with no connection whatsoever to previous movies. This seems like a common tactic in entertainment sequels where a company is picking up a franchise without the franchise creators involved.

They should make other PKD stories if they insist on sticking with the same author.

 

[GreyHorace]

I'm guessing this is 50 years after 2049 so they can make it whatever political/ideological/visual thing they want with no connection whatsoever to previous movies. This seems like a common tactic in entertainment sequels where a company is picking up a franchise without the franchise creators involved.

They should make other PKD stories if they insist on sticking with the same author.

Ridley Scott is executive producer on this series, though I doubt he has much creative input. And besides, a lot of his output in recent years has been crap, so him being involved is no sign of quality.

I'm more pissed that Denis Villeneuve is not involved. Controversial statement incoming, but I thought Blade Runner 2049 was far superior to the original.