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  • Every Marvel TV Series, Ranked From ‘Daredevil’ to ‘The Incredible Hulk’

    Every Marvel TV Series, Ranked From ‘Daredevil’ to ‘The Incredible Hulk’

  • ‘Luke Cage’ Renewed for Season 2 on Netflix

    After Luke Cage,” too: The streaming service has renewed the Marvel series for a second season.

    The news was announced on the show’s social media accounts on Sunday, with a short video focusing on Pop’s Barber Shop (a key setting in season one), and a neon sign in the window that says “Season 2: Coming soon.” The announcement also included Pop’s motto, “Always forward,” an important mantra for the titular hero (played by Mike Colter) throughout the show’s inaugural season.

    It should come as no surprise that Netflix would want to stay in the “Luke Cage” business, considering the show’s critical acclaim and warm reception from fans. The series was so in-demand during its debut weekend back in October that it temporarily crashed the streaming service.

    The renewal also means that there will be more adventures in the Marvel deal that the comics powerhouse struck with Netflix, which will culminate in the “Defenders” team-up series featuring characters from “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” and “Iron Fist.” The latter series is set to debut sometime in early 2017.

    No word yet on when fans can expect season two of “Luke Cage.” Stay tuned.

    [via: Luke Cage/Twitter]

  • ‘Luke Cage’ Is So Popular that It Crashed Netflix This Weekend

    Marvel has another television sensation on its hands: Its latest Netflix series, “Luke Cage,” debuted this weekend, and was apparently so popular that it temporarily crashed the streaming service.

    According to Deadline, Netflix was down for several hours on Saturday afternoon, one day after the premiere of “Luke Cage.” While Netflix declined to comment on whether or not the Marvel hero was responsible for the outage (it famously does not release viewing statistics), many fans speculated that “Cage” was the cause, and the show’s official Twitter account — as well those of fellow Marvel property “Jessica Jones,” “Cage” showrunner Cheo Coker, and even Netflix itself — had some fun with that notion while anxious viewers waited for service to be restored.


    “Did y’all break NETFLIX?” Coker asked his followers.

    “Not all heroes wear capes. Engineers to the rescue,” the Netflix US account joked after the issue was fixed. “We’re back.”

    Deadline reports that the outage seems to have most affected users in the United States and the United Kingdom. In most cases, service was restored by Saturday evening.

    “Luke Cage” stars Mike Colter as the titular hero, and the rest of the cast includes Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Alfre Woodard, Rosario Dawson, and Mahershala Ali. Check it out now while you still have a Netflix connection.

    [via: Deadline]

  • Marvel’s ‘Luke Cage’ to Premiere September 30 on Netflix

    luke cage“Daredevil” returns to Netflix for a second season next week, and another Marvel superhero won’t be too far behind.

    “Luke Cage,” starring Mike Colter as the unbreakable hero, will premiere September 30. Colter revealed the news in a video at the New York City premiere of “Daredevil.”


    Luke Cage was first introduced on “Jessica Jones” last fall, and the new show will be set a few months after the events of that series. Here’s the official synopsis: “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.”

    Mahershala Ali will play big bad Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes, a nightclub owner, while Alfre Woodard stars as local politician Mariah Dillard.

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  • Rosario Dawson, Theo Rossi Join Marvel’s ‘Luke Cage’


    After the success of “Daredevil,” Marvel is gearing up for the release of its other Netflix series, including “Luke Cage,” which just announced some big casting news.

    “Sons of Anarchy” alum Theo Rossi has joined the series as Shades (a.k.a. Alvarez), an antagonist of the titular hero and well-known criminal who’s described as “relentless and menacing, smooth and manipulative, street smart and controlling,” per The Hollywood Reporter.

    In addition to Rossi, Rosario Dawson, who played Claire Temple on “Daredevil,” will reprise that role for “Cage.” THR notes that Claire serves as a love interest for Cage in the comics, though she’s already filling that role for the titular character on “Daredevil,” so it remains to be seen if that will also be the plan with this new series.

    Rossi and Dawson join actor Mike Colter, who plays Cage, described as “a wrongly accused man who obtains superstrength after a sabotaged experiment and escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.”

    No release date for the series has been set. Stay tuned.

    [via: The Hollywood Reporter]

    Photo credit: Getty Images for the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival

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