Netflix announces cast for season 2 of ‘Altered Carbon’

Sci-fi series Altered Carbon is making a comeback on Netflix, and the streaming service just announced who will be joining the cast for the second season. Two cast members coming back include Hamilton’s Renée Elise Goldsberry as revolutionary leader Quellcrist Falconer and Chris Conner as the AI hotel manager Poe. They will be joined by the new Takeshi Kovacs, played by Anthony Mackie, who you might know as Falcon from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Speaking of Marvel, Simone Missick, who plays Misty Knight in the now-cancelled Marvel television universe on Netflix, will be joining the cast as a highly-skilled bounty hunter named Trepp. Daredevil's Dina Shihabi will play Dig 301, an obsolete AI program that focused on archaeology projects. Torben Liebrecht will play Colonel Carrera, a leader of the Protectorate Special Forces. And James Saito will play Tanaseda Hideki, a Yakuza boss who has personal history with Takeshi. Altered Carbon is based on books by Richard K. Morgan and is helmed by Laeta Kalogdris and Alison Schapker. There is no word yet about the second season's release date.

Source: io9

Netflix releases trailer for new cyberpunk sci-fi series ‘Altered Carbon’

Based on the 2002 novel by Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon is as Engadget puts it Netflix’s spin on Blade Runner. And now we get to see what the show looks like ahead of its February 2 premiere. The science fiction series set over 300 years in the future promises a story about murder, love, sex, and betrayal. A rich man, played by James Purefoy, looks to have his own murder solved and so he resurrects hires Takeshi Kovacs (played by Joel Kinnaman), a soldier who was killed in action 250 years ago. And from what the trailer shows us, it looks like a massive production.