Have to say, I didn’t see this coming.
Netflix have pulled the plug on Altered Carbon after two seasons and an Anime movie earlier this year. This would seem to support rumours that despite starring Avengers’ Anthony Mackie, the second season didn’t score the views the first season, fronted by Joel Kinnaman, did.
I hear Netflix’s decision not to proceed with further seasons was made in April and is not COVID-related but stems from the streamer’s standard viewership vs. cost renewal review process. (Netflix recently canceled two previously renewed series, The Society and I Am Not OK With This, citing COVID-related circumstances.)
The series, based on the 2002 novel by Richard K Morgan, the show was similar in many ways to that of Blade Runner, with serious Sci-fi tropes and plot devices throughout, it was always worth watching even in its dullest moments.
As I say, with two seasons and an anime movie in the can, Netflix certainly seemed happy to go all-in, but something obviously changed along the way.
Anyway, let us know what you thought of Altered Carbon and if you’re sorry to see it go.
Source: Deadline
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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