Luke Cage (TV series)

"You knock down a few doors in the projects and now you're Harlem's hero?" "I'm just getting started."

- Cottonmouth and Luke Cage

Marvel's Luke Cage, or simply Luke Cage, is an upcoming television series that will star the superhero character of the same name.

The first season will premiere on September 30, 2016.

Season One
After a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage becomes a fugitive trying to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City. But he is soon pulled out of the shadows and must fight a battle for the heart of his city--forcing him to confront a past he had tried to bury.

About six mobnths after the events of Jessica Jones, Luke Cage is hiding out in Harlem working two jobs. In one he sweeps hair for Henry "Pops" Hunter, a famed Harlem barber whose shop is 'Switzerland' for the gangs of the area. In the second he washes dishes at Harlem's Paradise, a club owned by Cornell Stokes, a local gang leader and businessman funding the political ascent of his cousin, Councilwoman Mariah Dillard. Pops has a legacy of looking after the lost children of the neighbourhood (including Cage's deceased wife Reva Connors), but when one of his charges is involved in a gunheist between Stokes's men and a rival gang, Cage is pulled into the gang warfare of Harlem and opposing Stokes's and Dillard's attempt to control - and define - the village.

Starring Cast

 * Mike Colter as Luke Cage
 * Mahershala Ali as Cornell Stokes/Cottonmouth
 * Simone Missick as Misty Knight
 * Theo Rossi as Shades
 * Erik LaRay Harvey as Willis Stryker/Diamondback
 * Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple
 * Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard

Recurring Cast

 * Deborah Ayorinde as Candace Miller
 * Sônia Braga as Soledad Temple
 * Jeremiah Craft as DVD Kid
 * Ninja N. Devoe as Aisha Axton
 * Frankie Faison as Henry "Pops" Hunter
 * Parisa Fitz-Henley as Reva Connors
 * Clark Jackson as Damon Boone
 * LaTanya Richardson Jackson as Mama Mabel
 * Ron Cephas Jones as Bobby
 * Jaiden Kaine as Zip
 * Darius Kaleb as Lonnie
 * Michael Kostroff as Dr. Burstein
 * Brian 'Sene' Marc as Wilfredo 'Chico' Diaz
 * P. J. Marshall Lt. Mario Green
 * Rob Morgan as Turk Barrett
 * Karen Pittman as Inspector Priscilla Ridley
 * Stephen Rider as Blake Tower
 * Sean Ringold as Sugar
 * Sonja Sohn as Captain Betty Audrey
 * John Clarence Stewart as Alex
 * Justin Swain as Bailey
 * Jacob Vargas as Domingo Colon
 * Frank Whaley as Rafael Scarfe
 * Jadu Wu as Connie Lin

Cameos

 * Method Man as Himself
 * Dapper Dan as Himself

Musical Performers

 * Raphael Saadiq ('Moment of Truth')
 * Faith Evans ('Code of the Streets')
 * Charles Bradley ('Who's Gonna Take the Weight')
 * Jidenna ('Just to Get a Rep')
 * The Delfonics ('DWYCK')
 * Method Man ('Soliloquy of Chaos')
 * Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings ('You Know My Steez')

Behind the Scenes

 * On November 7, 2013, Marvel Studios announced a joint project with Netflix that would bring a 13-episode Luke Cage series to television. The series will be set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will tie into series featuring Daredevil, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones, and will culminate in a Defenders series.
 * On March 30, 2015, Netflix & Marvel Television announced that Cheo Hodari Coker will serve as executive producer and showrunner of the anticipated series, "Marvel’s Luke Cage." Coker is writing the first two episodes of the series that will premiere in 2016.
 * In an interview with the, Cheo Hodari Coker and Mike Colter announced that the series would feature onscreen performances from music artists such as Charles Bradley, Faith Evans, Jidenna, Method Man, Raphael Saadiq and The Delfonics.