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Netflix's new dystopian drama could be your next obsession — watch the trailer

By Kim Renfro
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Joel Kinnaman as Takeshi Kovacs on "Altered Carbon." Katie Yu/Netflix
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  • "Altered Carbon" is a new Netflix show arriving on the streaming site February 2.
  • The series is based on a book that was set 300 years in the future.
  • Technology allows your consciousness to be downloaded and implanted in a new body — effectively making people "immortal."
  • One man has been brought back to life after 250 years by a wealthy man named Bancroft.
  • The ex-soldier, Takeshi Kovacs, has to solve Bancroft's attempted murder.
  • In a new trailer, the show looks like a smorgasbord of dystopian sci-fi themes.
  • Netflix is billing the series as an "intriguing story of murder, love, sex, and betrayal."
  • Watch the full trailer below.

 

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Kim Renfro
Kim was an entertainment correspondent for Insider. She was best known as Insider's resident "Game of Thrones" analyst, and authored "The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones." Kim moderated panels for the annual Con of Thrones fan convention and made guest appearances on podcasts including "Night's Cast," "Bald Move," and "Game of Owns." She co-hosts the "House of the Dragon" unofficial recap podcast "A Cast of Kings."Kim covered other sci-fi and fantasy series, including "Stranger Things," "Dark," "Westworld," "The OA," and more. Kim graduated from Hunter College with a degree in cultural anthropology.
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