Altered Carbon is a 2018 English-language Drama Sci-Fi show developed by Laeta Kalogridis. The show was Produced by John G. Lenic under the banner of Virago Productions in collaboration with Mythology Entertainment, Phoenix Pictures and Skydance Television. for Netflix. The show premiered on February 2, 2018. ALTERED CARBON is set in a future where consciousness is digitized and stored in cortical stacks implanted in the spine, allowing humans to survive physical death by having their memories and consciousness re-sleeved into new bodies. The story follows specially trained Envoy soldier Takeshi Kovacs, who is downloaded from an off-world prison and into a combat ready sleeve at the behest of Laurens Bancroft, a highly influential aristocrat. Bancroft was killed, and the last automatic backup of his stack was made hours before his death, leaving him with no memory of who killed him and why. While police ruled it a suicide, Bancroft is convinced he was murdered and wants Kovacs to find out the truth. Altered carbon features Joel Kinnaman, James Purefoy, Martha Higareda, Chris Conner, Dichen Lachman, Ato Essandoh and Oliver Rice. The show is based on Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. The music was composed by Jeff Russo. The show has a running time of 46-66 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 18 episodes during it's run of 2 seasons. Distribution rights for the show were acquired by Netflix Streaming Services.