Blade Runner 2099 Live-Action TV Show In Development at Amazon

A follow-up to Blade Runner 2049 is heading to Amazon.

According to Deadline, the new show, called Blade Runner 2099, is a follow-up to the recent Blade Runner sequel, with Ridley Scott on board as executive producer.

“As indicated by Blade Runner 2099‘s title, the latest installment of the neo-noir sci-fi franchise will be set 50 years after the film sequel,” they revealed.

A Blade Runner TV show has been in the works for a while, with Ridley Scott previously revealing that a full plot had been written.

“We have already written the pilot for Blade Runner and the bible,” he said late last year. “So, we’re already presenting Blade Runner as a TV show, probably the first 10 hours.”

Apple TV+ boss Silka Luisa is currently writing Blade Runner 2099 as well as joining Scott as executive producer.

“The project, which would mark the first Blade Runner live-action series, is in priority development at Amazon Studios, which is fast-tracking scripts and eyeing potential production dates,” said Deadline. “Staffing is currently underway for writers to join a room. Scott may direct if the series moves forward.”

Of course, Blade Runner 2049 was directed by Dennis Villeneuve. If Scott does return to the Blade Runner universe in directing the upcoming TV series, that certainly throws a spanner in the works for Villeneuve to take the helm of another sequel.

It’s said that talks were underway with Amazon Studios for Blade Runner 2099 when Ridley Scott teased the project last year.

But he also teased the production of an Alien TV series. “Alien is now being written for pilot,” he said, adding that an 8 to 10-hour bible was also being put together.

Could this mean that Amazon Studios is also considering taking on his upcoming Alien show? There’s no news on that front, at least not yet, but I wouldn’t rule it out.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.