Luke Cage At San Diego Comic Con

The Hero For Hire Takes Over SDCC

♦At SDCC, the Marvel Netflix panel revealed some new insights into the next run of Marvel shows to hit television. Flicks and The City were there to record Mike Colter and the rest of the cast on Luke Cage, up next on 30 September, so here it is…

Here’s what wikipedia had to say about Luke Cage:

Marvel’s Luke Cage, or simply Luke Cage, is an upcoming American web television series developed for Netflix by Cheo Hodari Coker, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise and is the third in a series of shows that will lead up to a Defenders crossover miniseries. The series is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios, with Coker serving as showrunner.

Mike Colter stars as Luke Cage, a former convict with superhuman strength and unbreakable skin who now fights crime. Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Frank Whaley and Sônia Braga also star. Development of the series began in late 2013. In December 2014, Colter was cast as Cage, to appear first in a recurring role in Marvel’s Jessica Jones, with Coker hired as the showrunner in March 2015. Filming began in New York City in September 2015 and concluded in March 2016.

All episodes are set to premiere on 30 September 2016.