{"id":6442,"date":"2026-07-25T14:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T06:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/blade-runner-2099-michelle-yeoh-prime-video-november-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T06:24:26","slug":"blade-runner-2099-michelle-yeoh-prime-video-november-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/blade-runner-2099-michelle-yeoh-prime-video-november-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Blade Runner 2099 Teaser: Michelle Yeoh on Prime Video This November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Video pulled back the curtain on <strong>Blade Runner 2099<\/strong> at San Diego Comic-Con on 24 July 2026, debuting the first teaser trailer for its long-awaited return to the Blade Runner universe \u2014 and the headline news for Singapore fans is a familiar, beloved face: <strong>Michelle Yeoh<\/strong> leads the cast as Olwen, a veteran replicant Blade Runner racing against her own mortality.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gt-video\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Dr8I_RyRCg\" title=\"Blade Runner 2099 - Official Teaser | Prime Video\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;\" allow=\"accelerometer;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>Blade Runner 2099 &#8211; Official Teaser | Prime Video via Prime Video on YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What Is Blade Runner 2099?<\/h2>\n<p>Set <strong>50 years after the events of Blade Runner 2049<\/strong>, the story plants us in a reborn Los Angeles in the year 2099 \u2014 rebuilt not by humanity, but by replicants. The official synopsis: in a city of towering holograms and neon-noir dystopia, Cora (Hunter Schafer), a human fugitive making one last desperate play to stop running, takes on a new identity as a Blade Runner. She partners with Olwen (Michelle Yeoh), a seasoned Blade Runner replicant with days left to live, as the two investigate a widening conspiracy rooted in the city&#8217;s darkest sins.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blade-runner-2099-official-teaser-cora.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hunter Schafer as Cora, the new Blade Runner recruit in Blade Runner 2099\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Prime Video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The teaser \u2014 unveiled at Hall H to a crowd of over 6,500 \u2014 gives a first look at the Syd Mead-inspired visual language of this 2099 Los Angeles: rusted skylines, cascading neon, and spinner-like vehicles cutting through smog-choked canyons. It is unmistakably Blade Runner.<\/p>\n<h2>The Creative Team Behind It<\/h2>\n<p>The series was developed by showrunner <strong>Silka Luisa<\/strong>, best known for her work on Amazon&#8217;s Shining Girls. <strong>Ridley Scott<\/strong> \u2014 director of the original 1982 Blade Runner \u2014 serves as executive producer, lending the project a direct line of creative continuity. Jonathan van Tulleken directs the opening two episodes. All eight episodes drop simultaneously on <strong>25 November 2026<\/strong>, exclusively on Prime Video across 240-plus countries and territories, which means Singapore viewers can stream from launch day.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blade-runner-2099-la-cityscape-prime-video.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The 2099 Los Angeles skyline, with flying vehicles and neon-soaked towers, in Blade Runner 2099\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Prime Video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Michelle Yeoh and the Singapore Angle<\/h2>\n<p>For audiences in Singapore and Southeast Asia, Yeoh&#8217;s casting is everything. The Oscar-winning Malaysian-Chinese actress \u2014 who won Best Actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once \u2014 is arguably the biggest star the region has produced, and watching her lead a franchise this large, on this stage, in a role this complex (a replicant grappling with her own impending end) is exactly the kind of casting moment that feels made for us to champion. Blade Runner 2099 is also Prime Video&#8217;s biggest sci-fi swing of 2026, which makes Yeoh&#8217;s name at the top of the call sheet all the more significant.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble cast is stacked: alongside Yeoh and Schafer, the supporting lineup includes <strong>Sheila Atim, Tom Burke, Matthew Needham, Daniel Rigby, Lewis Gribben<\/strong>, and more. Alcon Entertainment \u2014 the same production house that financed Blade Runner 2049 \u2014 is back on board, giving the project real franchise lineage.<\/p>\n<h2>When and Where to Watch<\/h2>\n<p>All eight episodes of Blade Runner 2099 premiere on <strong>Prime Video on 25 November 2026<\/strong>. Prime Video is available in Singapore via the Amazon Prime subscription. If you have not revisited Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve&#8217;s 2017 film, which this series follows) in a while, the coming weeks are a good excuse \u2014 it streams on <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/news\/\">multiple platforms<\/a> and holds up as one of the finest sci-fi films of the last decade.<\/p>\n<p><!--GT-SCOUT source=\"Web (English)\" theme=\"Japan culture\" flags=\"none\"--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Video drops its first Blade Runner 2099 teaser at SDCC 2026 \u2014 Michelle Yeoh stars as Olwen in the 8-episode sci-fi series arriving 25 November on Prime Video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[30],"tags":[922,923,205,905,469],"class_list":["post-6442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-blade-runner-2099","tag-michelle-yeoh","tag-prime-video","tag-sdcc-2026","tag-streaming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blade-runner-2099-michelle-yeoh-olwen.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-1FU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3290,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/phantom-blade-zero-delay-october-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":6442,"position":0},"title":"Phantom Blade Zero Pushed to 29 October \u2014 What Singapore Gamers Need to Know","date":"June 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Phantom Blade Zero has been delayed from September to 29 October 2026. 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