May 23, 2019 - Schapker joined Altered Carbon as executive producer and co-showrunner for Season 2 alongside creator, executive producer and Season 1. Altered Carbon is undergoing a major overhaul for Season 2 - but that isn't necessarily a bad thing! #AlteredCarbon reveals the new Takeshi Kovacs – and it's not who we were expecting.
EXCLUSIVE: executive producer is expanding her relationship with, the studio behind the Netflix sci-fi drama series, signing an exclusive, multi-year overall production deal.Schapker joined Altered Carbon as executive producer and co-showrunner for Season 2 alongside creator, executive producer and Season 1 showrunner Laeta Kalogridis. Under her pact with Skydance, Scandal alumna Schapker has been named sole showrunner on Altered Carbon, which is in production on its second season. Kalogridis will continue to serve as executive producer. Schapker will also develop and produce original scripted series for the indie studio. “I’m excited to expand my relationship with the team at Skydance and to partner with a studio that’s making some of the most compelling television today,” said Schapker. “I’m grateful to David, Dana and Marcy for welcoming me into their versatile and creative family and look forward to creating and building new worlds together.”Schapker’s deal was brokered by WME prior to the expiration of WGA/ATA franchise agreement on April 12.
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Fans of who haven't seen or may be struggling to accept that the lead actor of their favourite show has departed, with a new face stepping up to front the series.Joel Kinnaman played the character of Takeshi Kovacs in season one of the Netflix hit, and that star Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson, aka the Falcon) will take over.Defending the recasting against any backlash, Kinnaman exclusively told Digital Spy: 'That was always the intention of the show, and I thought that that was a very cool concept, that the character would continue, but a new actor would play him for each season. Netflix'So I wouldn’t be surprised if in another season, we see a woman playing the same character. That’s the possibility when people can change bodies.' Mackie isn't the only Marvel star that the show has added for its second season. It's also cast Simone Missick, who played Detective Misty Knight in Netflix's and Dina Shihabi, who appeared in as Neda Kazemi.The writer of the novels the TV series is based on, Richard K Morgan, has, so there's plenty of opportunity to recast all your faves and wind the fans up.