Altered Carbon is based on the 2002 novel by Richard K. Morgan. Set in the distant future, where a person’s consciousness can be transferred to another body, it follows a dead soldier named Takeshi Kovacs, who is resurrected and brought to Earth. There, he’s hired by Earth’s wealthiest man, Laurens Bancroft, who wants Kovacs to investigate his murder.
Netflix has adapted the cyberpunk novel, and will begin airing its 10-episode season on February 2nd, 2018. Follow along for all of the updates, trailers, and commentary.
Jul 27, 2018, 4:43 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
Netflix has renewed Altered Carbon for a second season
Anthony Mackie will replace Joel Kinnaman for the lead role of Takeshi Kovacs
Feb 12, 2018, 6:54 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Altered Carbon’s Blade Runner rehash misses the point of cyberpunk
Borrowing an aesthetic isn’t the same thing as building a world
Feb 3, 2018, 3:00 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
How Altered Carbon’s costume designer created the fashions for its futuristic world
How clothing tells a story
Feb 2, 2018, 7:56 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
Immortality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in Altered Carbon’s violent cyberpunk future
Netflix finally lands its first big prestige genre show
Jan 11, 2018, 5:41 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
Netflix goes big with a new trailer for cyberpunk murder mystery Altered Carbon
‘I didn’t ask you to bring me into this world’
Jan 10, 2018, 8:09 PM UTCVlad Savov
Netflix is goofing off with lab-grown bodies at CES
Because #brandactivation
Dec 23, 2017, 6:00 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
Cyberpunk novel Altered Carbon is headed for Netflix with its razor-sharp indictment of the 1 percent
A cynical take on human behavior that stands up well in 2017
Dec 10, 2017, 2:09 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
A new trailer for Netflix’s Altered Carbon introduces an improbable murder
No body lives forever
Dec 4, 2017, 5:34 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
Watch the first trailer for Netflix’s new science fiction show Altered Carbon
‘The danger of living too many times: you forget to fear death’
