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The long gestating sequel series to Blade Runner is set to begin shooting soon. Shogun director Jonathan Van Tulleken has officially boarded the project and will helm the first two episodes of the series. It is now set to begin production in April 2024. The show titled Blade Runner 2099 will be a sequel to Blade Runner 2049 and will feature a cast of new characters. Game of Thrones director Jeremy Podeswa was initially set to direct but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. Van Tulleken recently worked on the upcoming Shogun series and was also part of The Changeling.
The event series was initially supposed to film last summer but was delayed due to the ongoing strikes. The show also moved locations from Belfast to Prague. Ridley Scott is only on board as an executive producer role through his Scott Free productions banner.
It was announced roughly 2 years ago that Blade Runner 2099 would be coming to the Amazon Prime streaming platform.
"We are delighted to continue our working relationship with our friends at Amazon. And we are beyond excited to continue to extend the Blade Runner canon into a new realm with the provocative storyline that Silka has created", said Alcon Entertainment CEO Andrew Kosove.
It will be interesting to see if they can pull off Blade Runner as a streaming series. We're looking forward to it.
-CG