Marvel's Luke Cage Archives

This article contains spoilers for Marvel's Luke Cage season 1, episode 10, 'Take it Personal'. . . . . . The episode opens with an almost mad scientist routine of dropping a plugged-in heater to shock Luke Cage (Mike Colter) out of cardiac arrest Then Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson) convinces Dr Noah Burnstein (Michael Kostroff) that they need to go hotter —[...]

This article contains spoilers for the Marvel's Luke Cage season 1 episode 9, 'DWYCK'. . . . . . The episode starts with Misty Knight (Simone Missick) in an interrogation room talking to Dr Gabe Krasner (John Scurti), a former cop turned psychiatrist, trying to find out why Misty got physical while questioning Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson) It's voluntary, but she[...]

This article contains spoilers for Marvel's Luke Cage season 1, episode 8, 'Blowin' Up the Spot'. . . . . . Photo by Myles Aronowitz/Netflix/ The episode opens with Luke Cage (Mike Colter) on the ground having been shot and Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson) trying to take care of him as the shooter, Willis "Diamondback" Stryker (Erik LaRay Harvey), watches on[...]

I've been re-watching Marvel's Luke Cage season 1 this week and posting recap/reviews (which you can check out here) I'm through the first seven and will do two more later today and finish before season 2 debuts on Friday But if you are looking for a more concise refresher that just hits the highlights and[...]

This article contains spoilers for Marvel's Luke Cage season 1, episode 7, 'Manifest'. . . . . . Photo by Myles Aronowitz/Netflix The episode starts with Luke Cage (Mike Colter) rolling up on a gun sale The thugs run off and leave the guns when they see him But one of them tells him that Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes (Mahershala Ali) is getting out[...]

This article contains spoilers for Marvel's Luke Cage season 1, episode 6, 'Suckas Need Bodyguards'. . . . . . Photo by Myles Aronowitz/Netflix This episode opens with a tie-in to Marvel's Jessica Jones as we see Luke Cage (Mike Colter) out jogging while we hear Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor) doing her radio show She is talking about Luke and pointing out that[...]

This article contains spoilers for Marvel's Luke Cage season 1, episode 5, 'Just to Get a Rep'. . . . . . This episode starts with Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stoke (Mahershala Ali) watching an act do soundcheck while we see Luke Cage (Mike Colter) digging through the rubble of his collapsed building He's no longer trying to hide his abilities, and Misty[...]

This article contains spoilers for Marvel's Luke Cage season 1, episode 4 'Step in the Arena'. . . . . And here we go with the story of how Carl Lucas became Luke Cage (Mike Colter) We start with the fire department working the rubble from the building collapsing on Luke and Connie (Jade Wu) after the rocket hit the restaurant[...]

This article has spoilers for the Marvel's Luke Cage season 1, episode 3, 'Who's Gonna Take the Weight?'. . . . . . Photo by Myles Aronowitz/Netflix/ We open with a teaser Thugs running out of the Crispus Attucks building, a couch flying out of the second-story window, gunshots, and then Luke Cage (Mike Colter) walking out with his hood up carrying[...]

This article contains spoilers for Marvel's Luke Cage season 1, episode 2, 'Code of the Streets'. . . . . . Photo by Myles Aronowitz/Netflix As we continue our recap and review of season 1 of Marvel's Luke Cage prior to the premiere of season 2, this episode starts with Luke (Mike Colter) standing across from the building Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard) refurbished[...]

A major part of Marvel's Luke Cage has been Harlem's Paradise More than just a base of operations for Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes (Mahershala Ali), it was a musical hub during the first season, and now Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard) will be keeping it going And it looks like she's keeping the Biggie photo on the[...]

With the second season of Marvel's Luke Cage set to premiere on June 22nd, and since we didn't do an episode-by-episode review of the first season when it ran, I figured this would be a good time to re-watch the series and do recaps and reviews so folks who don't have time can do a[...]

There were a lot of villains in the first season of Marvel's Luke Cage, but the one to really watch might surprise you Hernan Alvarez (Theo Rossi) is called "Shades" because of his signature sunglasses, but he has proven to be as slippery as an eel, changing loyalties whenever he sees a better opportunity Shades[...]

Netflix loves to do viral marketing and they've come up with a new one for Marvel's Luke Cage, using the Rand Corporation from Marvel's Iron Fist The new video is done up as an industrial ad showing the new arm Danny Rand (Finn Jones) has built for Misty Knight (Simone Missick) after she lost it[...]

Marvel's Luke Cage season one has quite a few different villains including Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes (Mahershala Ali) and Willis 'Diamondback' Stryker (Erik LaRay Harvey), but the two that got away in the end were Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard) and Hernan 'Shades' Alvarez (Theo Rossi) When Luke Cage (Mike Colter) first got out of prison in[...]

Marvel's Luke Cage showrunner, executive producer and creator Cheo Hodari Coker posted the episode titles for season two on his Twitter account yesterday The titles are all classic songs, most of which come from Pete Rock and C L Smooth And like with any social media, somebody immediately told him that 'The Creator' should be[...]

With Marvel's Luke Cage season 2 coming out later this month, series showrunner, creator, and executive producer Cheo Hodari Coker has been hitting the publicity circuit to remind folks the show is coming back after two years He sat down with Chuck Creekmur of AllHipHop and talked both hip-hop and geek culture He talks about[...]

She showed up in Marvel's Jessica Jones, Marvel's Luke Cage, Marvel's Iron Fist and even Marvel's the Defenders The only series she hasn't been in was Marvel's The Punisher. While speaking to fans at MCM Comic Con in London, according to Screen Geek, Dawson let it be known that this may be the end of the[...]

Netflix has released a scene from the upcoming second season of Marvel's Luke Cage The 13-episode season will be released all at once on June 22nd. Photo by David Lee/Netflix From what we saw in an earlier trailer, Bushmaster (Mustafa Shakir) walked up and sucker punched Luke (Mike Colter), and a video of it got around[...]

Netflix has dropped a trailer for Marvel's Luke Cage season 2 that shows us how things have changed for our hero since he got out of jail and helped save all of New York with the Defenders Luke (Mike Colter) is protecting Harlem, still with Claire (Rosario Dawson) and working with Misty (Simone Missick) We[...]

Marvel's Luke Cage posted a new gif today to their Twitter account showing a subway train racing through the city along with the line, "Trouble is coming." If you stop the when a piece of paper flies by, you get to see the real message It's a ticket for John McIver from Kingston to Harlem,[...]

Here is a pretty timely tie-in as we get our first clip from Marvel's Luke Cage season 2. Luke Cage shows off his superhero strength by competing in the physical and mental tests of the combine event, similar to the one that college football players have gone through on their way to the NFL Draft, which[...]

Editorial credit: Ga Fullner / Shutterstock.com Actress and singer Antonique Smith is one of the new cast members for the upcoming second season of Marvel's Luke Cage Blackfilm.com is reporting that Smith will be playing a new character in the MCU, Detective Nandi Tyler, someone that has been at odds with Misty Knight (Simone Missick) since[...]

The series pilot is written by Jeffrey Lieber (Lost, Lucifer), Jason Horwitch (Marvel's Luke Cage) and Gary Spinelli (Stash House), with Liman taking on directorial chores. Liman is no stranger to Gould's universe, having directed 20th Century Fox's adaptation of Jumper (the first book in the series) in 2008 Starring Hayden Christiansen and with a supporting[...]

All Rights Reserved In what seems to be a rather late announcement for a series that was said to wrap filming back in November 2017, The Sopranos alum Annabella Sciorra has been cast in season 2 of Marvel's Luke Cage Sciorra has been cast as Rosalie Carbone, a dangerous downtown criminal underworld power player with an[...]

Shows like Orange is the New Black, Marvel's Luke Cage, and Marvel's Jessica Jones are examples of programming that have earned the streaming service high praise for the diversity of actors, writers, and directors in some of its most popular series Netflix continues to have a strong creative relationship with Ava DuVernay (13th), including her upcoming[...]

Credit: Marvel's Luke Cage There are two clear and distinct messages Netflix wants to get across to viewers about Luke Cage (Mike Colter) in the streaming service's date announcement teaser for Marvel's Luke Cage season 2 In fact, let's leave it to Cage himself to make the point: "You can't burn me, you can't blast me, and you[...]

Credit: Netflix The old adage about "the heart wants what the heart wants" may not turn out to be such a good thing for our lead in Netflix's new hour-long supernatural series Chambers. Created and written by Leah Rachel (Audrey), Akela Cooper (Marvel's Luke Cage) will serve as the series showrunner; with award-winning writer/director Stephen Gaghan (Traffic,[...]

With the second season of Marvel's Luke Cage expected to premiere in 2018, Marvel Television and Netflix announced that Mustafa Shakir (The Deuce, The Night Of) and Gabrielle Dennis (Insecure, Rosewood) will be joining the cast of the streaming service's hit action-drama series Returning to join Shakir and Dennis for the sophomore season are cast[...]