{"id":92023,"date":"2025-08-23T20:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T20:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/92023\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T20:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T20:51:07","slug":"blade-runner-2099-gets-official-2026-window-by-prime-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/92023\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Blade Runner 2099&#8217; Gets Official 2026 Window by Prime Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good news: we now know\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/blade-runner-2099-ridley-scott-amazon-prime-video-tv-1849539676\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blade Runner 2099<\/a>\u00a0still exists, and it\u2019s on track to hit Prime Video sometime in 2026!<\/p>\n<p>The target window was revealed in an internal memo from the streamer\u2019s TV development head Laura Lancaster. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/blade-runner-2099-premiere-window-2026-prime-video-1236495769\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a>, the memo was to announce a pair of company promotions, and in it, Lancaster remarked new co-production head Kara Smith was \u201cpivotal\u201d in several upcoming shows, including\u00a02099 and the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/nicholas-cage-spider-man-noir-tv-show-first-look-amazon-2000601396\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spider-Man: Noir<\/a>,\u00a0which is also due in 2026.\u00a02099\u00a0is currently in post-production, and this update comes a few weeks after executive producer David Zucker told <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/blade-runner-2099-release-update-uncertain-david-zucker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ScreenRant<\/a> he thought the series would arrive \u201cwhen Amazon wants that show to air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blade Runner 2099 was announced back in 2022, and marks the franchise\u2019s latest foray into television after Adult Swim\u2019s CG anime Black Lotus. The most we know about the show is its cast: <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/michelle-yeoh-blade-runner-2099-amazon-tv-show-1851460869\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Yeoh<\/a> and Hunter Schafer are our two leads Olwen and Cora, and they\u2019re further joined by Tom Burke, Dimitri Abold, and Katelyn Rose Downey. This past March, <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/blade-runner-2099-tv-show-visuals-amazon-2000572072\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burke<\/a> indicated\u00a02099\u2019s\u00a0aesthetic would lean more toward the 1982 film over 2017\u2019s\u00a0Blade Runner 2049,\u00a0while continuing the threads explored in those two films.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Video\u2019s been careful about keeping\u00a02099\u00a0close to the chest, in part because the show\u2019s production was <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/blade-runner-2099-production-delayed-writers-strike-1850483149\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">delayed in 2023<\/a> during the Hollywood strikes. But we\u2019re not\u00a0that\u00a0far out from 2026, and depending on when in the year the show is expected to drop, we may finally get a look at\u00a0Blade Runner 2099\u00a0in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Want more io9 news? 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