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Laeta Kalogridis is an American screenwriter and producer, born in 1965. She has worked on films such as Shutter Island, Alita: Battle Angel and Alexander, and TV shows such as Altered Carbon and Bionic Woman.
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Laeta Kalogridis (/ ˈ l iː t ə ˌ k æ l ə ˈ ɡ r iː d ɪ s / LEE-tə KAL-ə-GREE-diss) is an American screenwriter and television and film producer of Greek descent. She has written scripts for Alexander (2004), Night Watch (2004), Pathfinder (2007) and Shutter Island (2010).
Laeta Kalogridis is a writer and producer of films such as Shutter Island, Alita: Battle Angel and Alexander. She was born in Florida in 1965 and has worked on scripts for Wonder Woman and Scream 3.
Feb 3, 2018 · As the creator and showrunner of Netflix’s Altered Carbon — the 10-episode cyberpunk series based on Richard K. Morgan’s acclaimed novel — she returns to the small screen in the midst of a peak TV...
- “It’s Just Not A PG-13 Kind of Story”
- “A Female Perspective”
- “[It’s] Not About The Male Gaze”
- So, What About Season 2?
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Kalogridis picked up the novel “Altered Carbon” at a bookstore after its publication in 2002: “In those days when you could still just walk around a bookstore and pick up things that look interesting,” she said. She immediately looked into acquiring the rights, which Warner Bros. had already nabbed, “so I waited until they dropped out. Because I ha...
There are no official budget numbers for “Altered Carbon,” but in the realm of science fiction television, there aren’t a lot of shows run by female showrunners, making Kalogridis a unique presence. It’s a difference that Kinnaman said he noticed. “You could definitely feel like there’s a female perspective in the show,” he said. “Particularly in t...
“Altered Carbon” has gotten a lot of attention for the ways in which it approaches its female characters, especially given sequences like the massive fight between Ortega (Higareda) and Reileen’s (Lachman) many clones, at the end of Episode 8, “Clash by Night” — a sequence some have critiqued as exploitative, given that the many iterations of Reile...
As IndieWire has written previously, the first season ends with something resembling closure, a rarity for narrative television these days. When it comes to a second season, Kalogridis isn’t sure what the future holds. “The answer to Season 2 is that we don’t have a greenlight for Season 2. We don’t know if we’re doing one or not,” she said. In add...
Laeta Kalogridis is the showrunner and co-creator of the Netflix sci-fi drama Altered Carbon, based on the novel by Richard K. Morgan. She talks about her vision, the female perspective, the naked clone fight, and the potential for Season 2.
Feb 15, 2018 · The creator of Netflix's Altered Carbon and Alita: Battle Angel talks about adapting cyberpunk novels, expanding female characters, and working with Netflix. She also reveals her plans for Sword Art Online, a series she's setting up at Netflix.
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Feb 1, 2018 · Laeta Kalogridis, the showrunner of the new science-fiction series Altered Carbon – one of Netflix's most expensive original series to date – wishes she knew why people think of science ...
