Netflix Renews ALTERED CARBON For Season 2 and Anthony Mackie Will Star in It

Netflix has renewed Altered Carbon for Season 2 and Anthony Mackie (Avengers: Infinity War) will be taking over the role of Takeshi Kovacs, which is the character previously played by Joel Kinnaman. For those of you familiar with the series, you know that this change is possible because the story is set in a futuristic world where the human mind has been digitized and a person can transfer their consciousness from one body to the next. Here's a rundown of the story for Season 1:

When human consciousness can be stored on digital implants (called “stacks”) which allow the mega-rich to continually upgrade their bodies (dubbed “sleeves”) and essentially live forever. The story follows an elite soldier named Takeshi Kovacs. This is him below during a flashback scene along with his sister Reileen Kawahara. They were killers for hire who became revolutionaries.

Kovacs is imprisoned, his conscious stored away, and then awoken centuries later in a different body. Kovacs’ freedom was arranged by a wealthy mogul, Laurens Bancroft, who offers Kovacs a pardon for his crimes if he can solve a “murder” — Bancroft’s own, as somebody killed his previous sleeve.

Kovacs was trained by Quell, the leader of the Envoys — elite interstellar warriors, trained in the ways of intuition, combat, and survival The release of Kovacs catches the interest of Kristin Ortega, a detective with a complicated past.

I like Anthony Mackie, and this is going to be a great role and series for him to be a part of. The series is based on the science fiction novels written by Richard K. Morgan and Laeta Kalogridis will return as showrunner and executive producer. Alison Schapker is also joining the series as co-showrunner and executive producer. 

Source: Variety