Altered Carbon burst onto Netflix back in 2018, taking its cue from the hard-boiled cyberpunk novels of Richard K. Morgan. The show proved popular and the US streaming service gave the show the green light for a second outing. Heres a look at what fans can expect from the new series.

Netflix hit Altered Carbon is making a comeback this year with the streaming platform yet to confirm a release date.

Filming on season two started in February 2019 with filming reported to have taken place over the course of four months before wrapping up.

Laeta Kalogridis is returning as showrunner with Alison Schapker joining her for the seconding outing.

Season two is going to be having a major cast revamp with Joel Kinnaman being replaced by Anthony Mackie as lead character Takeshi Kovacs.

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There was such a massive scope in terms of the world they created and one of my big episodes was the flashback episode, the origin of Takeshi Kovacs and we spent almost a month shooting that episode.

Lee admitted he had a strict regimen as he got into shape for the role of the mercenary, which he shared with House of Cards actor Kinnaman.

Lee explained: The amount of training that I had to do to try and catch up to Joe Kinsmans body.

The whole show was about sleeves, so you have to make sure your sleeve was correct and doing three workouts a day and cooking chicken breasts and jumping on a treadmill.

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Altered Carbon season 2: Is Will Yun Lee returning as Takeshi Kovacs? - Express