New Featurette For Netflix's Cyberpunk Series Altered Carbon Shows Its Mysterious Technology

Netflix has released a new featurette for its upcoming cyberpunk series based on Richard K. Morgan's 2002 novel, Altered Carbon. For those unfamiliar with the novel, the video dives into the series' mysterious technology. Watch executive producer/showrunner Laeta Kalogridis and the cast talk about the film's story and futuristic elements. We get a glimpse at the cortical stack, which stores human consciousness that can be transferred to another sleeve to continue living. We also got to learn more about the show's protagonist, Takeshi Kovacs. Watch the featurette below:

Synopsis:

Consciousness can be digitized, human bodies are interchangeable and death is no longer permanent… Altered Carbon is an intriguing story of murder, love, sex, and betrayal, set more than 300 years in the future. Society has been transformed by new technology: consciousness can be digitized; human bodies are interchangeable; death is no longer permanent. Takeshi Kovacs (Suicide Squad‘s Joel Kinnaman) is the lone surviving soldier in a group of elite interstellar warriors who were defeated in an uprising against the new world order. His mind was imprisoned, "on ice", for centuries until Laurens Bancroftm (Hap and Leonard‘s James Purefoy), an impossibly wealthy, long-lived man, offers Kovacs the chance to live again. In exchange, Kovacs has to solve a murder … that of Bancroft himself.

Netflix's Altered Carbon comes from writer-producer Laeta Kalogridis (Avatar, Shutter Island, Alita: Battle Angel), and the pilot episode was shot by Miguel Sapochnik, who directed the Battle of the Bastards episode of Game of Thrones.

Altered Carbon stars Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad), Kristin Lehman (The Killing), Chris Connor (Walk of Shame), Antonio Marziale (The Gay and Wonderful Life of Caleb Gallo), Hiro Kanagawa (Caprica), and James Purefoy (The Following). is said to be Netflix's second highest-budgeted series yet, at $6-7 million per episode It's set to premiere on Friday, February 2.

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