The Marvel world on Netflix is dead. One of the shows that fell victim to the mass cancelation is Luke Cage. After two seasons, the series was given the boot. After a major cliffhanger, I might add. While we may never experience a continuation, series creator Cheo Hodari Coker has shared what he would have planned in a third season. He has also shared a spinoff that he would have liked to explore:
“I would have loved to have done a Harlem’s Paradise spinoff. The Stokes and McIvers. No Superpowers. Just a generational crime family drama set in Harlem.”
Season two featured the tale of vengeance that John McIver aka Bushmaster looked to bestow upon Mariah Stokes. It was an interesting storyline that could have certainly spun multiple tales. Personally, I would have loved to see that.
Hodari also talked about what we could have seen in season three:
“It was crazy because we were hitting all these things that are happening in the press right now. I can’t on the record talk about what we had planned because, contractually, you know, I still don’t want any Marvel assassins coming out of the woodwork to try to take me out. But what I can say is that we had a very good season planned, and it was one that I think would have brought Luke Cage as a character full circle.
He continued:
”You see people online that were like, ‘Oh my god, I turned Luke into a gangster.’ They wouldn’t be [saying that] if they had the opportunity to see all three seasons and see the directions Luke would have gone. I was always a Luke Cage fan, but I was probably, ultimately, a Chris Claremont, Frank Miller, Wolverine, X-Men Golden Era comic book fan, you know? And it wasn’t until Brian Michael Bendis rebooted Luke Cage within Jessica Jones — that [I felt liberated to] approach established characters within the Luke Cage universe from a different perspective… I’m not a casual fan of comic books. Back in the day when people would actually buy comics on a weekly basis, every Wednesday I would be at Golden Apple or somewhere, and I bonded with a lot of people, like one of my closest friends, the late John Singleton. When the opportunity came up [to do Luke Cage], I knew how big the opportunity was. It was just like, ‘I can’t believe I’m gonna have a chance to do this.’”
Would you have liked to see this? What was your favorite part of Luke Cage season two?
Source: CB
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