New Blade Runner series announced

A new Blade Runner series, titled Blade Runner 2099, will premiere on November 25, 2026, on Prime Video. It will be an eight-episode mini-series set fifty years after Blade Runner 2049 and will follow Cora (Hunter Schafer) and Olwen (Michelle Yeoh), a replicant whose time is limited, as they embark on a mission that could shake their world.

Series explores human and artificial consciousness

The series is created by Silka Luisa, known for Shining Girls, and will continue the franchise's exploration of what it means to be human and whether artificial intelligence can develop consciousness. The story is expected to delve into the ethical and philosophical questions that have defined the Blade Runner films.

Blade Runner: Black Lotus revisits the franchise

Another science fiction series that delves into similar themes is Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021), a 13-episode Japanese animated series set in 2032, between the two Blade Runner films. It follows Elle, a young replicant who wakes up in Los Angeles with no memory of her past and must uncover her identity with the help of a mysterious device and a black lotus tattoo.

Altered Carbon explores digitized consciousness

For fans of cyberpunk aesthetics, Altered Carbon (2018-2020), adapted from Richard K. Morgan's novel, offers a future where human consciousness can be digitized and transferred between bodies. The series, available on Netflix, follows Takeshi Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman, then Anthony Mackie), a former soldier who investigates the murder of a wealthy businessman, with the victim still alive due to advanced life extension technology.

Westworld questions machine awareness

Westworld (2016-2022), created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, explores the question of whether machines can become aware of their own existence. The series, starring Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, and Anthony Hopkins, is set in a futuristic amusement park populated by human-like androids. The four seasons are available on VOD.

Alien: Earth introduces synthetic bodies

Another sci-fi series, Alien: Earth (2025), set in 2120, introduces Wendy (Sydney Chandler), a young girl whose mind has been transferred into an adult synthetic body. The series, available on Disney+, follows her as she becomes central to a struggle beyond an alien threat after a mysterious spacecraft crash releases terrifying creatures on Earth.

Battlestar Galactica examines human-machine conflict

Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009), a landmark of science fiction, explores the boundary between human and machine in the context of an intergalactic war. The series, created by Ronald D. Moore, follows the last survivors of humanity after a devastating attack by the Cylons, robots created by humans that turned against them. The four seasons are available on Universal+ and SFR Play, as well as on VOD.

Swedish series imagines human-like robots

The Swedish series Real Humans (2012-2014), created by Lars Lundström and broadcast in France on Arte, imagines a society where humanoid robots, called Hubots, are now part of everyday life. Domestic employees, assistants, or companions, these human-like machines become indispensable until some develop a personality and claim their independence.