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Michelle Yeoh Will Star in Prime’s “Blade Runner 2099” TV Series

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Seven years after Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049Blade Runner is headed to the small screen in Amazon’s upcoming Blade Runner 2099, and Deadline reports this morning that Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) has signed on to star!

Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) is executive producing the live action television series, with Blade Runner 2099 said to be a follow-up to the events of film sequel Blade Runner 2049.

“The latest installment of the neo-noir sci-fi franchise will be set 50 years after the sequel.”

Blade Runner 2099 comes from Alcon Entertainment, Scott Free, and Amazon Studios. Silka Luisa (“Shining Girls”) is writing, showrunning and executive producing.

Jonathan van Tulleken (“Shōgun”) will direct and executive produce the first two episodes.

“The original Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, is considered one of the greatest and most influential science-fiction movies of all time, and we’re excited to introduce Blade Runner 2099 to our global Prime Video customers,” Amazon Studios’ Vernon Sanders recently said.

Released in 1982, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner was an adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. The 2017 sequel picked up the story years later.

In the original movie, “A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.”

And in Villeneuve’s sequel, “Young Blade Runner K’s discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who’s been missing for thirty years.”

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“Family Guy” Halloween Special Coming to Hulu on October 14th

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In addition to “The Simpsons” unleashing a brand new “Treehouse of Horror” special this coming Halloween season, “Family Guy” is getting in on the spooky season fun this year.

A Hulu Exclusive “Family Guy” Halloween Special premieres October 14.

The Halloween special will feature Glen Powell (TWISTERS, HIT MAN) as “Patrick McCloskey,” the reigning champion in Quahog’s annual Pumpkin Contest, and Derek Jacobi (GOSFORD PARK, GLADIATOR) as “Rupert,” Stewie’s beloved teddy bear.

In the Hulu Exclusive Halloween Special, “Peter and his friends aim to unseat the reigning champion (GLEN POWELL) in Quahog’s annual Pumpkin Contest by any means necessary.”

“Family Guy” Season 23, meanwhile, premieres in 2025. In the new season, “Peter accidentally exposes his inability to throw a ball, Meg starts dating the giant chicken’s son and Chris loses his earring in a Lord of the Rings-inspired escapade. Additionally, Stewie finds out his stuffed bear Rupert was made in China and makes it his mission to take him back there to meet his family. The series will also parody The White Lotus, as the Griffin family vacation at a luxury resort, where Stewie worries that his wealthy new friends plan to sacrifice him in a volcano.”

“Family Guy” is a 20th Television Animation production. Seth MacFarlane is creator and executive producer. Rich Appel and Alec Sulkin serve as executive producers and showrunners, while Steve Callaghan, Tom Devanney, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann, Patrick Meighan and Alex Carter are executive producers.

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