Altered Carbon
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★ 7.6After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.
- Aired
- 2018–2020
- Seasons
- 2 · 18 episodes
- Status
- Canceled
- Created by
- Laeta Kalogridis
- Network
- Netflix
- Genres
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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Key facts
- Genre
- Cyberpunk
- Created by
- Laeta Kalogridis
- Based on
- Altered Carbon , by Richard K. Morgan
- Starring
- Joel Kinnaman James Purefoy Martha Higareda Chris Conner Dichen Lachman Ato Essandoh Kristin Lehman Trieu Tran Renée Elise Goldsberry Anthony Mackie Lela Loren Simone Missick Dina Shihabi Torben Liebrecht
- Composers
- Jeff Russo , Jordan Gagne
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Executive producers
- Brian Nelson James Middleton David Ellison Dana Goldberg Marcy Ross Mike Medavoy Arnold W. Messer Bradley J. Fischer James Vanderbilt Nick Hurran Russel Friend Garrett Lerner Steve Blackman Alison Schapker Laeta Kalogridis
- Producer
- John G. Lenic
- Running time
- 46–66 minutes
- Production companies
- Virago Productions, Mythology Entertainment , Phoenix Pictures , Skydance Television
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Altered Carbon is an American cyberpunk television series created by Laeta Kalogridis and based on the 2002 novel of the same title by English author Richard K. Morgan. In a world where consciousness can be transferred to different bodies, Takeshi Kovacs, a former soldier turned investigator, is released from prison in order to solve a murder. The first season consists of ten episodes and premiered on Netflix on February 2, 2018. On July 27, 2018, the series was renewed for a second season of eight episodes, which was released on February 27, 2020, with an anime film set before the first season released on March 19, 2020. Though the series received generally positive reviews, it was canceled after two seasons.
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