The first look at Prime Video and its upcoming series, Blade Runner 2099, has finally arrived, and the future looks incredibly grim for humanity. Set fifty years after the events of Blade Runner 2049, the new trailer reveals a world where the power dynamic has completely flipped. Replicants have won a devastating war against humans, claiming the planet while the few surviving humans fight just to stay alive.
Replicants rebuild the world while humans hide to stay alive
In this flipped reality, the replicants are the ones running things. Now free from human control, they are actually changing the world for the better. But with their new freedom, they are also starting to question their own existence and wondering if they can reach a godlike status.
Right in the middle of this is Cora, played by Hunter Schafer in the new Amazon series. She is one of the last humans left, and she stays alive by pretending to be a Blade Runner. She is being watched closely by Olwen, played by Michelle Yeoh, who happens to be in the final week of her life.
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During New York Comic Con, showrunner Silka Luisa explained how this new story connects to the original movie. While the first film looked at mortality on a personal level with replicants fighting for more life, this show looks at the big picture. It asks what happens when all of mankind realizes time is running out.
Instead of just repeating the past, the series asks if people can hold onto their humanity when they are the ones facing extinction. It is a fresh spin that turns everything we know about the franchise upside down. We will see how this desperate fight for survival plays out when Blade Runner 2099 hits Prime Video on November 25.
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