The cast of Blade Runner 2099 keeps on expanding. Tom Burke (Furiosa) and Maurizio Lombardi (Ripley) are the latest additions to the hotly-anticipated Prime Video series, which is currently in production.

According to Deadline, Burke and Lombardi are set for recurring roles in Blade Runner 2099, although character details have not been revealed. They join a cast that includes Michelle Yeoh, Hunter Schafer, Dimitri Abold, Lewis Gribben, Katelyn Rose Downey, and Daniel Rigby, as well as Johnny Harris, Amy Lennox, Sheila Atim, and Matthew Needham. Production on the limited sci-fi series began in Prague in May 2024 and will move to Barcelona at a later date.

Where Have You Seen Tom Burke and Maurizio Lombardi Before?

Burke can most recently be seen in a starring role opposite Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth in George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. His other film credits include Sebastian Lelio’s The Wonder opposite Florence Pugh, Oliver Hermanus’ Living alongside Bill Nighy, and David Fincher’s Herman J. Mankiewicz biopic Mank as Orson Welles. Since 2017, he has headlined the BBC One series, Strike, an adaptation of J. K. Rowling’s literary detective Cormoran Strike. Burke has also appeared in The Crown, The Lazarus Project, The Musketeers, and War & Peace.

As for Lombardi, he most recently appeared in the Netflix series Ripley and will be seen next in the Prime Video series, Citadel: Diana, an Italian spinoff of the Russo Brothers-produced franchise. His other acting credits include the films Pinocchio (2019), Tigers (2020), Robbing Mussolini (2022), and the television series The Young Pope and The New Pope.

Blade Runner 2099 was first reported to be in development in February 2022, with Amazon officially announcing the project the following September. Ridley Scott, who directed the original Blade Runner, is serving as an executive producer on the project, along with Silka Luisa (Shining Girls), who is attached as showrunner. Jonathan van Tulleken (Shōgun) is directing the first two episodes of Blade Runner 2099. Plot details remain undisclosed at this time, although based on the title alone, the series is set to begin 50 years after the events of the previous film, 2017’s Blade Runner 2049.

The Blade Runner Franchise Moves to the Small Screen

While there have been two critically acclaimed Blade Runner movies — Scott’s 1982 original and Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 — neither was a box office success. Alcon, who acquired the film, television, and ancillary franchise rights to Blade Runner back in 2011, is seemingly aware of this, having already transitioned the series to the small screen in 2021 with the anime series Blade Runner: Black Lotus. Set in 2032 and following a female replicant, Black Lotus was a co-production between Crunchyroll and Adult Swim, airing a single season of 13 episodes from November 2021 to February 2022.

Blade Runner 2099 does not yet have a premiere date but will stream exclusively on Prime Video.