The SDCC teaser gives us our first good look at Blade Runner 2099

It’s been nearly five years since Ridley Scott first announced plans for a TV spinoff of his sci-fi masterpiece. Blade Runner (1982) and the 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049. It’s finally here – or almost, anyway. Prime Video has debuted the first teaser for the new ten-episode series, Blade Runner 2099, Friday at San Diego Comic-Con. We also have a teaser for the third season of Prime Video Rings of power and a new trailer for HBO Lanterns.

Yeoh and Schafer joined showrunner Silka Luisa (Shining Girls) on stage for the big reveal exclusive clip shown to the audience. Luisa Entertainment Weekly said that the series sticks to the “noir principles” of the original, and that at the heart of the show is a mystery that looks both forward and backward in terms of mythology. There’s been a rebellion and people have disappeared, which means they’re now hunted second-class citizens. “The show really imagines what comes after us and what it means to be human in a world where humanity is no longer relevant” Luisa said.

According to the official summary:

Fifty years after the events Blade Runner 2049Los Angeles was reborn, not by humanity. In a last-ditch bid to stop her run, fugitive Cora takes on one last identity: Blade Runner. Forced to partner with Olwen, a Replicant days after his death, he hunts down a fugitive who is hiding a truth that could bring down their fragile city.

The incomparable Michelle Yeoh stars alongside Hunter Schafer as the dying Replicant Olwen (Euphoria) as Cora. The cast also includes Hugo Hamlet as Buster’s Friend, as well as Dmitri Abold, Lewis Gribben, Katelyn Rose Downey, Daniel Rigby, Johnny Harris, Amy Lennox, Sheila Atim, Matthew Needham, Tom Burke and Maurizio Lombardi – all in yet-to-be-announced roles.

Blade Runner 2099 It will premiere on Prime Video on November 25, 2026.

Rings of power S3

Prime Video made major investment Rings of Power It even pre-committed several seasons when it acquired the rights to the source material from the Tolkien estate. We’re now coming into S3, and based on the teaser trailer released at SDCC, we’ll finally see Sauron (Charlie Vickers) forge the One Ring.

According to the official summary:

In the third season, Middle Earth is at war. Five years have passed since the fall of Eregion. Sauron’s armies roamed the world, conquering everyone in their path. Only a few isolated pockets stand between the Dark Lord and total victory—Khazad-dǔm, where the Dwarves are now sealed deep in their mountain halls, and the elven realms of Lindon and Rivendell, protected by their Three Rings.”

But deep in the land of Mordor, in the newly built tower of Barad-dur, the Dark Lord toils day and night, intent on wielding a power that will bring his last enemies to their knees: One ring to rule them all… Now all the free peoples of Middle-earth—Dwarves, Elves, Men, and Wizards—must find a way to come together in a race against time to stop Sauron from achieving his goal of total domination over all life.

We also get some new characters this season, most notably Jamie Campbell Bower as Galadriel’s (Morfydd Clark) long-lost husband Celeborn. Zubin Varla will play the role of Khamul, an easterner of Rhun; Eddie Marson will play Thrain, brother of King Durin IV (Owain Arthur); Andrew Richardson will play Anarion, youngest son of Elendil (Lloyd Owen) and brother of Isildur (Maxim Baldry); and Adam Young will play Marnukh, an orc who “may not be what he seems.” Oh, and none other than Simon Pegg will be voicing the fiery Balrog.

The third season Rings of power It will premiere on Prime Video on November 11, 2026.

Lanterns

We saw a couple from the teasers for so far Lanternsthe new DC Universe series is coming to HBO Max, and both have made it clear that we’re in for a show closer to science fiction. A true detective rather than standard superhero fare. HBO released a full trailer at SDCC that was a little less Earthbound. It leans on the “space cop” vibe, reveals that the image-shifting Manhunters will be central to the plot, takes us into space, and also gives us our first look at ex-Corps Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen). HBO dropped it seven preview clips for good measure, although these have not been made public.

According to the official logline, “The series follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two intergalactic cops who are drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery while investigating a murder in America’s heartland.” There will be two storylines: one about a murder in Nebraska in 2016, and the second in 2026.

Chandler’s Hal Jordan is a former test pilot nearing retirement from the Green Lantern Corps. He trains John Stewart Jr., a new recruit from Pierre, to replace him. Nathan Fillion repeats himself Superman the role of the obnoxious Guy Gardner; we get brief information about him in the new teaser. The cast also includes Kelly MacDonald as Carrie, the small-town family-oriented sheriff; Jason Ritter as Billy Macon, Carrie’s husband; Garrett Dillahunt as Carrie’s cowboy father-in-law William Macon; Poorna Jagannathan as a woman named Zoe; and Paul Ben-Victor as an alien named Antaan.

Sherman Augustus John Stewart Sr. plays, J. Alphonse Nicholson plays the younger version; Nicole Ari Parker stars as Bernadette Stewart (John Jr.’s mother), while Jasmine Cephas Jones plays a younger version of the character. Additionally, Chris Joy plays Waylon Sanders, a suspiciously nervous truck driver; Carey Christopher plays a gifted kid named Noah; Laura Linney will play the high-ranking Guardian; and Paula Patton will appear in an as-yet-undisclosed guest role. We also know that the show will feature an interdimensional prison and the introduced Checkmate organization Peacemakers S2 finale.

Lanterns premieres August 18, 2026 on HBO Max.

Spaceballs: New

Credit: Chris Frawley / Amazon MGM Studios

This the long overdue sequel Mel Brooks’ 1987 cult classic won’t be released until next spring, but that didn’t stop Amazon MGM Studios from putting together an SDCC panel this year in a clever parody of previous extravagant Marvel panels. Since it’s early days, there haven’t been any teasers or trailers released to the public some teaser images was demonstrated at CinemaCon in April and yesterday at SDCC.