Netflix's New Cyberpunk Thriller Altered Carbon Gets Stunning First Trailer

The stunning first trailer for one of 2018's most anticipated sci-fi shows is here. Altered Carbon is Netflix's adaptation of Richard K Morgan's acclaimed cyberpunk novel, and it hits the streaming service on February 2.

The trailer delivers hugely impressive visuals, alongside a gritty detective mystery and some blistering sci-fi action. In the future, technology has advanced to the point that human consciousness can be downloaded and placed in storage or transferred to a new human host upon death. The story focuses on the world's wealthiest man, who is murdered; when his mind is transferred, he hires an ex-soldier to investigate who killed him. Check the trailer out above.

Altered Carbon stars James Purefoy (Rome, Trollhunters), Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad, The Killing), and Will Yun Lee (San Andreas). The showrunner is Laeta Kalogridis, who was a producer on Avatar, Shutter Island, and Terminator: Genisys.

Kalogridis is also the co-writer of the upcoming manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel, along with James Cameron. The first Alita trailer was released last month. While it was packed with kinetic sci-fi action, much of the online discussion has been centered around the decision to give lead actress Rosa Salazar giant manga-style eyes, which director Robert Rodriguez subsequently explained was to "honor the tradition" of the source material.

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