Michelle Yeoh to star in ‘Blade Runner 2099’ limited series for Amazon
Michelle Yeoh is dreaming of electric sheep.
The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Oscar winner is set to star in “Blade Runner 2099,” Amazon Prime Video’s limited series follow-up to the 2017 film “Blade Runner 2049,” according to Deadline.
“2049” was itself a sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi classic “Blade Runner,” which was based on legendary writer Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”
“Blade Runner 2099” has started production in Prague. Plot and character details are being kept under wraps, and no other cast members have been announced. A release date has not been set.
Silka Luisa (“Shining Girls”) serves as writer and showrunner. She serves as executive producer alongside Ridley Scott, Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Ben Roberts, David W. Zucker and Clayton Krueger, Tom Spezialy, Richard Sharkey, Michael Green, Cynthia Yorkin, Frank Giustra and Isa Dick Hackett. Jonathan van Tulleken (“Shōgun”) is directing the first two episodes, taking over from Jeremy Podeswa, who exited the project after the strikes delayed production.
Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner 2049” was a box office disappointment, but was well-received by critics and received five Oscar nominations and two wins (for cinematography and visual effects). Prime Video has a long-standing relationship with Philip K. Dick’s estate, having produced “The Man in the High Castle” with Scott’s company Scott Free and handled the U.S. release of Channel 4’s limited series “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams.”
Yeoh was most recently seen on TV in Netflix’s “The Brothers Sun” and “The Witcher: Blood Origin” and Disney+’s “American Born Chinese,” and in the film “A Haunting in Venice.” Other upcoming projects include “Wicked” as Madame Morrible; “Star Trek: Section 31,” a Paramount+ movie in which she’ll reprise her “Star Trek: Discovery” role as Captain Philippa Georgiou; and James Cameron’s “Avatar” sequels.
In a ceremony at the White House on Friday, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, for her contributions to cinema.
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