The TV series ‘Blade Runner 2099’ on Amazon Prime Video is rounding out its cast.
Previously announced leads Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer will be joined in the sci-fi drama by: Dimitri Abold (“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”) and Lewis Gribben (“Somewhere Boy”), who will appear as regulars series clients, as well as Katelyn Rose Downey (“The Nun II”), Daniel Rigby (“Renegade Nell”), Johnny Harris (“A Gentleman In Moscow”), Amy Lennox (“Only Child”), Sheila Atim (“ The Woman King”), and Matthew Needham (“House of the Dragon”), who have been cast in recurring guest roles.
Exact plot and character details are being kept under wraps, although it is known that the series will take place after the events of the original ‘Blade Runner’ and its sequel ‘Blade Runner 2049’. The show is currently in production in Prague, with plans to film in Barcelona as well. Film United is responsible for the production in Prague.
Lewis Gribben is represented by The Artists Partnership, Strange Town and attorney Michael Auerbach. Downey is represented by Gelder at Conway van Gelder Grant. Rigby is represented by Hamilton Hodell. Lennox is represented by Conway van Gelder Grant. Needham is represented by Curtis Brown Group.
Silka Luisa serves as showrunner and executive producer. Ridley Scott will executive produce alongside David W. Zucker and Clayton Krueger of Scott Free Productions. Alcon Entertainment co-founders Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson also serve as executive producers, as does Alcon’s television president Ben Roberts. Tom Spezialy, Richard Sharkey, Michael Green, Cynthia Yorkin, Frank Giustra and Isa Dick Hackett also serve as executive producers. Jonathan van Tulleken will direct and executive produce the first two episodes. Steven Johnson is a co-executive producer.
Scott first revealed that “Blade Runner 2099” was in the works in November 2021, while Amazon announced it was in development there in February 2022. It was formally given the green light in September 2022.
(Pictured, left to right: Amy Lennox, Katelyn Rose Downey, Lewis Gribben, Johnny Harris, Matthew Needham)