Joel Kinnaman Cast As The Lead In Netflix’s Adaptation Of Altered Carbon

 

Joel Kinnaman has been cast as the lead in Netflix’s upcoming Altered Carbon adaptation. The show has been written and created by Laeta Kalogridis with Miguel Sapochnik (Game of Thrones) on board to direct the pilot.

Based off the book of the same name by Richard K. Morgan, the series has a bit of a doozy of a set-up so strap in: the story is set 500 years in the future where mankind has figured out how to digitally download consciousness and upload it into a new body. Since physical death isn’t so much a big deal anymore, elite U.N. warrior Takeshi Kovacs has shrugged off the afterlife a few times. But after one particularly nasty death, he gets plunged into a giant conspiracy and a mysterious murder case that could bring everything crashing down.

Kinnaman has had a few leading roles over the past few years, including as Detective Stephen Holder on The Killing, which began on AMC and ended its run on Netflix. Altered Carbon also marks a new sci-fi wrinkle in Netflix’s programming, following in the footsteps of the trippy series Sense8, which launched last summer.

No other cast members have been announced, and there’s still no word on when Altered Carbon will premiere for fans excited to see the book adapted to the small screen.