Hunter Schafer has signed on to join Michelle Yeoh in the cast of the Prime Video restricted series Blade Runner 2099

Former model Hunter Schafer produced her acting debut on hit HBO series Euphoria – and with production on season 3 of that series becoming delayed whilst creator Sam Levinson reworks the scripts, The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Schafer has landed a lead function in the Prime Video restricted series Blade Runner 2099 – which is, of course, a continuation of the franchise that started with the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner and then got a extended-awaited stick to-up referred to as Blade Runner 2049, which had Denis Villeneuve at the helm, in 2017. Details on the function Schafer will be playing are becoming kept below wraps. She joins the previously announced Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) in the cast… and we do not know something about Yeoh’s character, either.

Blade Runner 2099 was initially anticipated to start off shooting in Belfast final summer season, but the Hollywood strikes place the kibosh on that program. When the show does go into production, it is now set to be filmed in Prague.

Shining Girls creator Silka Luisa is the writer, showrunner, and executive producer of the series, which has Ridley Scott executive making by way of his Scott Free production banner. Jonathan van Tulleken (Shogun) will be directing the very first two episodes.

When this project was very first announced in 2022, Amazon Studios head of international tv Vernon Sanders stated, “We are honored to be in a position to present this continuation of the Blade Runner franchise, and are confident that by teaming up with Ridley, Alcon Entertainment, Scott Free Productions, and the remarkably talented Silka Luisa, Blade Runner 2099 will uphold the intellect, themes, and spirit of its film predecessors.“

While we wait for Blade Runner 2099 to get rolling, we’ll have the opportunity to see Hunter Schafer on the large screen twice in the subsequent couple months. She has a function in the most recent Yorgos Lanthimos / Emma Stone group-up, Kinds of Kindness, which is set to attain theatres on June 21st, and she stars in the horror film Cuckoo, which gets a theatrical release on August 9th.

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