![]() “To me that’s the challenge, and the fun, and the mandate,” Schapker said. Just a few weeks before 'Altered Carbon' premiered on Netflix, we braved the bitter cold of mid-winter to meet the leading cast and showrunner in Seoul From left: Dichen Lachman, Joel Kinnaman, showrunner Laeta Kalogridis, and Martha Higareda. The challenge, she says, will be in connecting the series’ hard science fiction themes to the same sort of emotional touchpoints that worked in season 1. But, one that has a rewarding component for watching his adventures.” “I think the idea that in every season, it’s a new Kovacs, and a new sleeve, on a new planet, and a new mystery, feels to us like the spine of a loose anthology. “Kovacs is on a journey every season that does have a beginning and a middle and an end, but there’s a cumulative feeling to viewing his adventures,” Schapker said. The team isn’t following Morgan’s books to the letter, so fans should head into this next season expecting to encounter the next portion of a collection of short stories. Schapker says that’s part of the challenge of adapting such unusual source material. It’s all likely to be a bit jarring, even for fans of the novels. But in the next chapter, Kovacs moves on to a new sleeve, introduced as Mackie at the start of season 2. Season 1 ends with the revelation that Quell is still alive - or at least her consciousness is. ![]() “And would they be the person in your memory, and would they be the person you carried around? How have you changed and how have they changed? And how has the world changed and what would that be like? So you start from a very open-ended, pure places, imaginatively, and go from there.” The “original” Takashi Kovacs as played by Will Yun Lee. “What would it mean to love somebody for so long and then find them?” Schapker continued. That really brings up the question of time. He had been searching for her for centuries. “We knew it was a love story, and we knew it was a ghost story,” Schapker told Polygon. The challenge was connecting both men to the series’ central quest, which is the search for Kovacs long-lost lover, Quellcrist Falconer. In season 1, Kovacs was portrayed by two different actors - Will Yun Lee as the “original” Kovacs, and Joel Kinnaman as the newly-sleeved Kovacs some 200 years in the future. The novels follow one Takeshi Kovacs as he travels through space and time investigating mysteries both public and private.Īltered Carbon season 2 trailer swaps Anthony Mackie into the lead The catch is that travelers must leave their bodies behind, only to be inserted into a new “sleeve” once they reach their destination. ![]() Morgan posits a future in which human beings are able to transmit their consciousness great distances between the stars. 27, Polygon caught up with showrunner Alison Schapker to discuss the program’s approach this time around, which inserts Anthony Mackie (Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) into the lead role. But how do you keep fans engaged when you keep swapping out the actor who plays the main character? ![]() Season 1 felt like a complete story, and even held its own, visually, against contemporaries like Blade Runner 2049. Ncuti Gatwa’s first episode as the Fifteenth Doctor will then air over the festive period.ĭoctor Who will premiere exclusively on the BBC for the UK and Ireland.ĭisney+ will be the exclusive home for new seasons of Doctor Who outside of the UK and Ireland.Netflix’s Altered Carbon surprised both fans and critics alike with a high concept science-fiction series that paid off with a satisfying narrative arc. Jinkx Monsoon, said: “I’m honoured, thrilled, and utterly excited to join Doctor Who! Russell T Davies is a visionary and a brilliant writer - I can’t wait to get into the weeds with him and the crew! I hope there’s room in the TARDIS for my luggage.”ĭoctor Who returns in November 2023 with three special episodes with David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor to coincide with the 60th anniversary. Jinkx Monsoon is on a collision course with the TARDIS, and Doctor Who will never be the same again!” Russell T Davies, Showrunner said: “In a galaxy of comets and supernovas, here comes the biggest star of all. Her run on Broadway was a historic moment for the LGBTQIA+ community, as she became the first drag queen to play the role of Mama Morton, breaking box office records in her extended 8-week run. Jinkx joins Doctor Who after completing her sell out run on Broadway, where she made her highly-anticipated debut as Matron ‘Mama’ Morton in Broadway’s longest-running show, Chicago. Jinkx has cultivated an international fanbase after winning two seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race including an All Stars season where she was crowned “Queen of Queens”, competing against other winners of the show. Award-winning actress, singer and two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner, Jinkx Monsoon will appear in a major role in the new series of Doctor Who. ![]()
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