Altered Carbon Archives

The concept of living people whose bodies are controlled and puppet-mastered by other minds was a background detail in Neuromancer but is the central premise of Altered Carbon  Molly, the street samurai with the mirror shades for eyes and razor-steel nails, became the defining sex symbol for the whole Cyberpunk genre and was a partial[...]

While promoting his latest series Wednesday, which has become one of the most critically acclaimed & most watched series for Netflix, he spoke to Bleeding Cool about his part in another popular franchise for the streamer, Altered Carbon, and how he feels the series could have continued beyond the second season following its cancelation in[...]

Evil Dead, Strike Back, Iron Fist, Power, Nightflyers, Halo, Altered Carbon, and Motherland: Fort Salem Promoting her latest film Endangered Species for Lionsgate, I spoke to the writer and director about comparing film and television, and why the FX TV series Alien, based on the film franchise, is her dream project "It's night and day[...]

Deadline Hollywood is reporting exclusively that Sofia Rosinsky (Fast Layne), Camryn Jones (Cherish the Day), Riley Lai Nelet (Altered Carbon), and Fina Strazza (A Christmas Melody) are set to front the project, which is expected to begin production in Chicago later this year Produced by Amazon Studios and Legendary Television, in association with Plan B[...]

Given the series original depressing ending, why not make the sequel/revival be about the search for Sam from his child and make it comparable to Doctor Who and Altered Carbon? How would this be pulled off you ask? Let me explain. Images courtesy of NBCU, BBC, and Netflix During the original series run, the process swapped Sam's[...]

Looks like time's run out for the sci-fi cyberpunk series Altered Carbon as Netflix decided not to renew for a third season, according to Deadline Hollywood The eight-episode second season starred Anthony Mackie was released on February 27 followed by an animated feature Altered Carbon: Resleeved on March 19 The report said the network made[...]

The Altered Carbon Role Playing Game, a new RPG by Renegade Game Studios, is now up for preorder on Renegade's website! We here at Bleeding Cool covered this RPG's Kickstarter campaign back in early February, and now it's finally coming to fruition Hunters Entertainment and Skydance Television teamed up with Renegade to get this game off[...]

This time Funko is celebrating the second season of Altered Carbon with three special Pop Vinyls! Takeshi Kovacs is the main protagonist of the series and with the idea of transferable consciousness, all three of these figures are technically the same character We will be getting his original body, his new body from season 1 and the[...]

We've been going on about how useful it is for Netflix's Altered Carbon to have that "sleeves" concept from Richard K Morgan's novels to work with, as we've been previewing its return But for those coming to the series starting with the Anthony Mackie-lead second season and without the time to binge the Joel Kinnaman-starring[...]

Netflix's Altered Carbon has a major thing going for it in its DNA that gives it an advantage over other shows: the concept of "sleeves" I mean, it really does give the studio and the streamer a major negotiation weapon in their back pocket: asked too much during contract dealings, you just change the "sleeve". Cynical[...]

One of the best things Netflix's Altered Carbon has going for it? Trying new things is pretty much built into the DNA of the series' concept via "sleeves" Which is why Joel Kinnaman can spend the first season playing Takeshi Kovacs – only for the role to be handed over to Anthony Mackie (Disney+'s upcoming series[...]

Hunters Entertainment, alongside Skydance Television (the team responsible for the Altered Carbon television show), has developed the Kickstarter campaign for Altered Carbon: The Role Playing Game! Source: Hunters Entertainment At this exact moment, the campaign is very nearly funded to its goal of $20,000 (it's already $17,721 in as of writing this very figure!), and the campaign just[...]

One of the best things Netflix's Altered Carbon has going for it? Trying new things is pretty much built into the DNA of the series' concept via "sleeves" Which is why Joel Kinnaman can spend the first season playing Takeshi Kovacs – only for the role to be handed over to Anthony Mackie (Disney+'s upcoming series[...]

Will Yun Lee, who played the original Takeshi Kovacs, will return to Altered Carbon for its second season in a recurring role The Netflix science fiction drama based on the Richard K Morgan series focuses on Takeshi, who lived hundreds of years through different bodies Lee's role is under wraps since Anthony Mackie plays the[...]

Hulu's holiday horror anthology Into the Dark has signed up a new cast of victims/actors for July 4th installment "Culture Shock." Previously-announced Richard Cabral (Mayans M.C.) will be joined by Martha Higareda (Queen of the South, Altered Carbon), Shawn Ashmore (The Rookie), Barbara Crampton (You're Next, Re-Animator), Felipe de Lara (The Lord of the Skies),[...]

This is a pretty great time to be a fan of role playing games, even more so if you're fan of any particular show or genre- there's a pretty good chance someone, somewhere is developing a game based off of it. //Credit:Hunters Entertainment Hunters Entertainment has penned a multi-year deal with Skydance Media to bring the universe[...]

The other three anime series on the 2020 slate are Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, Altered Carbon: Resleeved and an adaptation of Mark Millar's superpowered heist comic miniseries Super Crooks.  Netflix announced the rest of its 2020 slate of exclusive anime series – including Dragon's Dogma, SPRIGGAN, and Vampire in the Garden – with a little background on[...]

Netflix series Altered Carbon is coming back for a second season, with some new sleeves joining familiar faces. Renée Elise Goldsberry will return as Quellcrist Falconer, and Chris Conner will remain the hologram of author Edgar Allen Poe. New additions to the cast include Anthony Mackie as the new body for Takeshi Kovacs (played in season 1 by Joel Kinnaman), Simone Missick (Detective Misty Knight in Marvel's[...]

For you kaju lovers out there, we're getting a Pacific Rim anime, and for you Altered Carbon fans, a series to 'explore story mythology'. Here's what we know so far about the shows (from our friends over at Collider): Pacific Rim: Returning to the epic battle of Kaiju and Jeagers, this original anime series will expand upon the story of the[...]

Netflix series Altered Carbon has FINALLY been officially picked up for a second season We say finally, because we were totally expecting it months earlier The series is based on Richard K Morgan's Altered Carbon novels, which detail futuristic worlds where humans are able to download their memories into stacks (think cpu chips) that can be implanted[...]

Jeff Russo is a prolific composer.  I can say this because his current slate of shows across traditional television and streaming services is impressive- Altered Carbon and Santa Clarita Diet on Netflix, Legion and Fargo on FX, Lucifer on FOX, Counterpart, Bull, Powers– you get the idea. Editorial credit: Eugene Powers / Shutterstock.com At WonderCon 2018, Jeff spoke about his influences, keeping his series(eseses) in their own[...]

Last weekend when I binge-watched and reviewed Altered Carbon, I also talked about the changes in the series from the Richard K Morgan novel it was based on Having just read the book, it was fresh in my mind. The biggest change overall led to a lot of other changes The novel was a first-person narrative[...]

Dick's Electric Dreams) and Joel Kinnaman (Altered Carbon) are set to join the series adaptation of the 2011 assassin film Hanna. With newcomer Esme Creed-Miles (Dark River) as lead, the series is directed by Sarah Adina Smith (Legion) from a script adaptation by David Farr (film's co-writer) NBCUniversal International Studios will serve as the main production studio, with[...]

This article contains spoilers for Altered Carbon episode 10 – The Killers. . . . . . And we've come to the end Everything happens on Head in the Clouds Reileen (Dichen Lachman) verifies that her backups have been contaminated and sends her ghost walker to the Raven to destroy the AI and pick up the others When he gets there,[...]

This article contains spoilers for Altered Carbon episode nine – Rage in Heaven. . . . . . This episode starts off with Kovacs (Joel Kitterman) meeting with Reileen (Dichen Lachman) where he tells her that he doesn't care She tries to convince him otherwise, but he tells her that he's going to spend some time on an island and then[...]

This article contains spoilers for Altered Carbon episode eight – Clash by Night. . . . . . This episode picks up just after Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) found out that his sister Reileen (Dichen Lachman) is the one that sold the Envoys out to the Protectorate and got them all killed He also finds out that she has multiple sleeves and[...]

This article contains spoilers for Altered Carbon episode seven – Nora Inu. . . . . . With the first six episodes, I did the recap, said a few words then talked about how the story has been diverging from the novel by Richard K Morgan I'm going to do something different here Nothing in this episode takes place in the[...]

This article contains spoilers for Altered Carbon episode six – Man with My Face. . . . . . The episode starts with Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) flying through the city with a dying Ortega (Martha Higareda) in the back She was attacked by the ghost walker They are able to save her original sleeve, but her arm has to be replaced[...]

This article contains spoilers for Altered Carbon episode five, 'The Wrong Man'. This episode starts off a little strange as we see Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) interrogating a guy about Mary Lou Henchy, but we quickly discover that this is actually Elias Riker doing the interrogating and Henchy was his friend growing up He doesn't believe her[...]

This article contains spoilers for Altered Carbon episode 4 – Force of Evil. . . . . . Having recently read the novel, I was anticipating this episode and how it might be very uncomfortable to watch Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) is captured and taking to a clinic where they do virtual torture He is then confronted by Dimitri the Twin (Tahmoh[...]