Netflix and Marvel
Television have announced that Southland, Almost Human, and Ray Donovan
producer Cheo Hodari Coker will act as executive producer and showrunner for
the upcoming Marvel's Luke Cage, which will premiere in 2016. Furthermore, Coker,
who won outstanding writing for a drama series at the Image Awards back in 2013
for a Southland episode, will also pen the first two episodes of the upcoming
series that will star Mike Colter as the titular character.
Beverly Hills, CA -- March 31,
2015 -- Netflix & Marvel Television announced today 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, everywhere that Netflix is available.
Most recently, Coker served as
a co-executive producer on the second season of Ray Donovan, and prior to that
was a supervising producer on the critically-acclaimed, fourth season of the
drama SouthLAnd. Coker was a part of the SouthLAnd team that earned the show a
2012 Peabody Award. Coker also garnered a 2013 NAACP Image Award for
Outstanding Writing for a Dramatic Series for his work on that show. Coker’s
feature film credits include Fox Searchlight’s rap biopic Notorious. He
authored the book Unbelievable: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of The Notorious
B.I.G as well. Coker started his writing career in journalism and was a staff
writer at the Los Angeles Times and contributed to VIBE, Rolling Stone,
Essence, among other publications. He is a graduate of Stanford University.
It was previously announced
that Mike Colter (The Good Wife, American Horror Story: Coven) will play the
charismatic lead character, Luke Cage, in the series.
Marvel’s Luke Cage is produced
by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios for Netflix.
Source - Marvel
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