ALTERED CARBON Renewed For Season 2; CAPTAIN AMERICA Star Anthony Mackie Named New Lead Star

ALTERED CARBON Renewed For Season 2; CAPTAIN AMERICA Star Anthony Mackie Named New Lead Star

We knew that Suicide Squad star Joel Kinnaman likely wouldn't return for season two of Netflix's Altered Carbon but the show has today gained a new lead in Avengers: Infinity War star Anthony Mackie...

By JoshWilding - Jul 27, 2018 11:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Netflix
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The chances of Anthony Mackie getting a standalone Falcon movie may seem slim as of right now but the actor has landed another leading role as the star of Netflix's sci-fi series Altered Carbon. He's taking over from Joel Kinnaman as Takeshi Kovacs, a character we always knew would have a new face in season two given the nature of the series and the way things ended when season one wrapped up.

It's also been confirmed that writer Alison Schapker (The Flash, Fringe) has joined the series as co-showrunner alongside Laeta Kalogridis. No return date or episode count have been revealed yet.
 
Kinnaman (Suicide Squad) announced shortly after the show debuted in February that he wouldn't be returning as he's taking on a lead role in Amazon Prime's planned Hanna reboot. It's hard to fault Netflix for choosing Mackie as his replacement, though, and it's going to be a lot of fun seeing what he brings to the role. What do you guys think? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
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knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 7/27/2018, 11:21 AM
CUT THE CHECK !
NOVAtheSUPA
NOVAtheSUPA - 7/27/2018, 11:22 AM
Ohhh what i loved joel as kovac
Itleast it makes sense in the story to change him

Bring on poppa doc
grif
grif - 7/27/2018, 11:23 AM
falcon needs his won movie. just gonna keep saying it. hell have him team up with war machine.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/27/2018, 11:30 AM
@grif

Armageddon26
Armageddon26 - 7/27/2018, 11:24 AM
Really enjoyed the first season, was slow and hard to follow a little at first but really picked up by then end. Losing Joel Kinnaman is a shame, but Anthony Mackie certainly isn’t a step down
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/27/2018, 11:26 AM
Papa Doc
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 7/27/2018, 11:28 AM
I hope they bring Poe back somehow.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 7/27/2018, 11:29 AM
Enjoyed Season one and have to say it was a good adaption of the book, glad they did it as a TV show instead of a movie.
I haven't read the next book in the Series but glad to see that they have kept the aspect of the books with him having a different body in each sequel.
All of my friends, family and colleagues loved the Show, and hope season two surpasses the first.

Shame we won't get to see Martha Higareda in the next Season though.


SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 7/27/2018, 11:31 AM
I'll add that season one was so well cast that I have full faith in Mackie's casting and look forward to more.
I remember being unsure about Joel Kinnaman's casting initially.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/27/2018, 11:31 AM
I still wanna see the footage of him going after Steve Weintraub.

It sounded really bad....

Prork
Prork - 7/27/2018, 11:33 AM
It'll be interesting to see if it follows the second book or does it's own thing, because if it follows the book we are in for a very different show than we had with season one.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 7/27/2018, 11:35 AM
@Prork -

I only read the first book. What generally happens in the second?
I do need a new book to read and am always looking for recommendations.
90caliber
90caliber - 7/27/2018, 12:28 PM
@Prork - With the way the show ended it sort of makes more sense for them to adapt the third book instead. They really didn't get into all of the Martian stuff. How the humans are actually piggy backing off of the technology that Martians created (stacks/casting is all Martian tech). All of the worlds are Martian colonized worlds and how we don't what happened to the race of Martians. Did they die out? Exterminated? Did they just level up? What happened to them. Without laying any of that groundwork in the first series it would be hard to adapt book two.
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