Marvel has just announced the hiring of Cheo Hodari Coker as the executive producer and show-runner for Luke Cage. The press release restates that Luke Cage will debut on Netflix in 2016, even though it is unclear if it is before or after Iron Fist.
Mike Colter has already signed on to play Luke Cage as Cheo Hodari Coker is in the process of writing the first two episodes.
Here is a brief summary of his career from the Marvel Press Release-
"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."
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