Cheo Hodari Coker Archives

Executive producer, series creator and showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker was there and was asked how he felt and was honest that he was nervous Everyone talks about working with Coker and the family atmosphere he creates on a series, so its not surprising his big fear wasn't about whether fans would like the series, but[...]

Music is a major part of the series, from the stage of the club to each episode title being based on a song, season 1 from Gang Starr and season 2 from Pete Rock & CL Smooth. Netflix has released a new, behind-the-scenes video featuring executive producer, showrunner and series creator Cheo Hodari Coker and a[...]

Marvel's Luke Cage showrunner, executive producer and creator Cheo Hodari Coker posted the episode titles for season two on his Twitter account yesterday The titles are all classic songs, most of which come from Pete Rock and C L Smooth And like with any social media, somebody immediately told him that 'The Creator' should be[...]

Turns out it's less of an overseer situation and more of a curb scrapper thing. Marvel's Luke Cage creator and showrunner, Cheo Hodari Coker, put it best in an interview with Variety when he talked about getting involved in the series. One of the things that Jeph [Loeb] said is that, he described the Marvel television way[...]

With Marvel's Luke Cage season 2 coming out later this month, series showrunner, creator, and executive producer Cheo Hodari Coker has been hitting the publicity circuit to remind folks the show is coming back after two years He sat down with Chuck Creekmur of AllHipHop and talked both hip-hop and geek culture He talks about[...]

If Daredevil releases before November 17th, that will make four Marvel Television series premiering seasons on the streaming service in less than 12 months (Punisher premiered in November 2017). Joining Colter and Missick on Marvel's Luke Cage for the second season are Alfre Woodard (Mariah Dillard), Theo Rossi (Hernan "Shades" Alvarez), Mustafa Shakir (John McIver), Gabrielle Dennis[...]

Marvel's Luke Cage is now out on Blu-ray/DVD and collects the 13-episode series from showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker The series stars Mike Colter as Luke Cage, Mahershala Ali as Cornell Stokes/Cottonmouth, Simone Missick as Detective Misty Knight, Theo Rossi as Hernan Alvarez/Shades, Erik LaRay Harvey as Willis Stryker/Diamondback, Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple and Alfre Woodard as[...]

Variety Magazine writer Daniel Holloway discusses the surge of black superheroes into the realm of Marvel and DC television and film.

The video includes commentary from Mahershala Ali, Brian Michael Bendis, Method Man, Mike Colter, Cheo Hodari Coker, and Dapper Dan talking about what makes Luke Cage a hero Coker points out that this series has elements of both a Blaxplotation film and a western, comparing Cage to the characters played by John Wayne and others[...]

Taking to Twitter, showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker, explained that before Prince's all too soo death, he was going to try and get the star in for a cameo He planned to convince the muscian by showing the artist the swear jar that features throughout the series, a practice Prince famously upheld at Paisley Park. He explained: The "Swear Jar"[...]

Cheo Hodari Coker decided to bring in multiple villains, each with unique motivations and character Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes wanted power and control, things he didn't have as a kid He tried to rule Harlem with an iron grip but found things slipping through his fingers In the end he was betrayed by one of the[...]

It includes A$ap Ferg, Method Man, plus Harlem style icon Dapper Dan and showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker all talking about the history and culture of Harlam and how you wouldn't see heroes like Captain America, Thor or Iron Man in that area. Marvel's Luke Cage debuts on Netflix September 30th. https://youtu.be/HMvMgsUOmXkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Marvel's[...]

Luke Cage showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker spoke with Decider about the upcoming series and addressed the pairing of the two characters. Will they be addressing Heroes for Hire in in the series?: Now in my mind — we don't go into Heroes for Hire in Season One of Luke Cage* — Luke Cage Season One is ultimately[...]

The video entitled, Who is Luke Cage includes interviews with Mike Coulter (Cage), Rosario Dawson (Claire Temple), Simone Missick (Misty Knight), and executive producer Cheo Hodari Coker We get an idea of the hero's journey that Cage must take to go from just hiding out to become Harlem's hero. Marvel's Luke Cage premieres September 30th. https://youtu.be/UpYOBK_wem8Video can't[...]

I sat down with the cast and creators of the show to talk to them about their goals, influences, and experiences in filming this newest addition to the Marvel family. Mike Colter (Luke Cage) and Cheo Hodari Coker (EP) First, we talked with Luke Cage himself, Mike Colter, and the Executive Producer, Cheo Hodari Coker, about the[...]