Mike Colter is Marvel’s Top Choice To Playing Luke Cage In Netflix SeriesPosted by Wilson Morales
December 4, 2014
Source: Deadline
Deadline is reporting that Mike Colter, who’s currently starring in the digital series Halo: Nightfall for Microsoft and Xbox Entertainment, is Marvel’s top choice to play Luke Cage in the Netflix series, Jessica Jones.
With Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg as the show runner, the 13-episode drama, the second in a four-series Netflix-Marvel deal, centers on Jessica Jones, a superhero suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, which leads to her hanging up her costume and opening her own detective agency, where she ends up helping people and assisting other superheroes.
The character has a romantic relationship with Cage, which is why his character will be showcased in 6 or 7 episodes of the Jessica Jones show before leading his own Netflix series, Luke Cage.
The site also states that Krysten Ritter, who starred in the short-lived ABC series ABC show Don’t Trust the B—in Apt. 23, has been given the female lead role of Jones. She will next be seen in Tim Burton’s Big Eyes.
Colter has appeared in numerous TV series including a starring role on ‘Ringer’ and guest-starring roles on ‘The Good Wife’ and ‘The Following.’ The South Carolina native played boxer Big Willie Little in the Oscar winning film ‘Million Dollar Baby.’ He was seen opposite Will Smith in ‘Men In Black 3.’ and in Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Zero Dark Thirty.’
“Jessica Jones” is the second of five Netflix shows Marvel will roll out starting next year with “Marvel’s Daredevil.” Following the two will be both “Luke Cage” and “Iron Fist,” with all four leading into a “Defenders” mini-series.
