Euphoria and Hunger Games star to lead Amazon's Blade Runner spin-off TV series alongside Michelle Yeoh
Jun. 13, 2024Hunter Schafer will star in Blade Runner 2099 with Michelle Yeoh
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Hunter Schafer is set to star oppositeMichelle Yeohin Amazon’s Blade Runner 2099.
Ridley Scott will produce, with Silka Luisa (Shining Girls) serving as showrunner.Shogun director Jonathan van Tulleken will helm the first two episodes.
The Blade Runner franchise began in 1982, with Scott’s adaptation of the sci-fi novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. The film underperformed at the box office, but would go on to become a cult classic.
Schafer can be seen next in the horror thriller Cuckoo as well as the Yorgos Lanthimos dark comedy Kinds of Kindness. She recently wrapped filming on Mother Mary, an epic melodrama co-starring Anne Hathaway.
Yeoh stars as Madame Morrible in Wicked and Wicked Part Two, as well as Dr. Karina Mogue in Avatar 3 and Avatar 4. She’s also set to reprise her role as Captain Philippa Georgiou in Star Trek: Section 31, a special movie event based on her character from Star Trek: Discovery.
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