Blade Runner TV spin-off Black Lotus has dropped its first teaser trailer.

The trailer premiered in the course of the present’s panel at Comedian-Con@House, confirming that the anime collection can be set between the occasions of the unique 1982 film and 2017’s Blade Runner 2049 within the 12 months 2032.

The movie follows Elle, who’s voiced by Recreation of Thrones star Jessica Henwick, a replicant who wakes up with no reminiscence and few clues to her identification.

“Elle wakes up and he or she does not know who she is or how she received to the place she is and all she has for a clue is that this tattoo,” Henwick defined on the panel. “And so she’s experiencing all the things for the primary time.

“What does it really feel prefer to fall in love for the primary time? What does it really feel prefer to really feel rage and fury and pleasure?

“And asking all these large questions of what does it imply to be human? How can we outline humanity between a replicant and a human? What is the distinction?”

The 13-episode collection is about to be directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama, and likewise stars The Handmaid’s Story‘s Samira Wiley as Alani Davis, a contemporary LAPD recruit, Succession‘s Brian Cox as Niander Wallace Sr, the daddy to Jared Leto’s character in 2049 – right here voiced by American Horror Story‘s Wes Bentley – and Jupiter’s Legacy star Josh Duhamel as a lethal Blade Runner referred to as Marlowe.

Hawaii 5-0‘s Will Yun Lee will voice Joseph, True Blood‘s Stephen Root will play an LAPD police chief, and Barkhad Abdi will reprise his position as Doc Badger from 2049.

Different forged members embody Peyton Record (Gotham) as Josephine Grant, Gregg Henry (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2) as Senator Bannister, Henry Czerny (Mission: Inconceivable) as Physician M and Jason Spisak (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) as Hooper.

Blade Runner: Black Lotus will premiere within the US on Grownup Swim and Crunchyroll within the autumn. No UK launch date has been introduced.

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