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Blade Runner 2099 trailer lands at New York Comic Con

The limited series is set fifty years after Blade Runner 2049 in a reborn Los Angeles, with Hunter Schafer playing a fugitive-turned-Blade Runner.

On air: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Tonight
Published 9:06 PM ET, Saturday, October 10, 2026

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First reported by Variety: “‘Blade Runner 2099’ Trailer: Michelle Yeoh, Hunter Schafer Are Fugitives in Amazon Limited Series”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 9:06 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: New York, Amazon.
BBN covered this story before: Amazon Confirms Under 1,000 Corporate Layoffs; TikTok Suit Adds Detail (October 8).

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Variety‘Blade Runner 2099’ Trailer: Michelle Yeoh, Hunter Schafer Are Fugitives in Amazon Limited Series

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorVariety reports Prime Video premiered a new trailer for Blade Runner 2099 at New York Comic Con.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMichelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer star, in a limited series set fifty years after Blade Runner 2049.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHunter Schafer plays Cora, a fugitive who takes on a final identity as a Blade Runner. I love this movie! I love all of them!
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWhich ones have you seen?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOh, none. Not one.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe title is a countdown to the year they run out of numbers.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNext up: Blade Runner 2149, where the replicants are retired and so is the franchise.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI love that one too!
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt doesn't exist. Gloria has actual news.

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