Anthony Mackie headlines Altered Carbon 2 as the new Takeshi Kovacs

Two years after we last saw Takeshi Kovacs, a former mercenary turned investigator, Netflix has finally dropped the trailer for the newest season of Altered Carbon. Kovacs is back, better and as determined as ever.

Anthony Mackie headlines Altered Carbon 2 as the new Takeshi Kovacs 1
Source: Screen grab from Netflix trailer, YouTube

Based on Richard K Morgan’s novel, Season 1, comprising 10 episodes, premiered in February 2018 on Netflix, garnering positive reviews from netizens worldwide. In July 2018, production for a season 2 was given the green light.

Altered Carbon followed Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman), embodied in a new ‘sleeve’, on his journey to uncover the murder of the wealthiest man in the world.

The sci-fi or cyberpunk web series is set in a 26th-century universe, where people’s consciousness can be transferred between bodies, by inserting it into new human ‘sleeves’.

The Season 2 trailer centres Anthony Mackie (Falcon from the Marvel Universe) as Takeshi Kovacs, headlining the new eight-episodic season. The storyline picks up from 30 years after the events that transpired in the first season. Kovacs is on the hunt for Quellcrist Falconer, the one that got away.

Anthony Mackie headlines Altered Carbon 2 as the new Takeshi Kovacs 2
Source: Screen grab from Netflix trailer, YouTube

Now encased in a new sleeve, Kovacs has some major upgrades, including rapid healing and enhanced reaction time. In a certain scene in the trailer, he also shows signs of telekinesis.

Starring alongside Mackie is Renee Elise Goldsberry reprising her role as Quell, Lela Loren of Power fame, Daredevil alum Dina Shihabi, Simone Missick from Luke Cage and The Terror’s James Saito. It also features Chris Conner as Poe and Torben Liebrecht as Colonel Ivan Carrera.

The official synopsis for Altered Carbon 2 on Netflix, reads as follows:

AFTER DECADES OF PLANET-HOPPING AND SEARCHING THE GALAXY, KOVACS IS RECRUITED BACK TO HIS HOME PLANET OF HARLAN’S WORLD WITH THE PROMISE OF FINDING QUELL. HAUNTED BY HIS PAST AND RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF BRUTAL MURDERS, KOVACS IS STUNNED TO DISCOVER HIS NEW MISSION TO SOLVE THE CRIME AND HIS PURSUIT TO FIND QUELL ARE ONE AND THE SAME. WITH THE HELP OF HIS LOYAL A.I. POE (CHRIS CONNER), KOVACS MUST NOW PARTNER WITH NEW ALLIES TO OUTWIT HIS ENEMIES AND FIND THE TRUTH: WHO IS QUELLCRIST FALCONER?

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Altered Carbon 2 is slated to premiere on Netflix on 27 February. Check out the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MzbLQBeR9Y

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