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Netflix Won’t Renew Marvel’s Harlem Hero ‘Luke Cage’ For Season 3

Netflix Won’t Renew Marvel’s Harlem Hero ‘Luke Cage’ For Season 3


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When “Luke Cage” first debuted in 2016 on Netflix, nearly everyone jumped on board. The show was trending like crazy. After all, “Luke Cage” was something new — a superhero from Harlem.

The show had two seasons and most fans were expected a third. Now comes word that  “Luke Cage” has been canceled, just after the cancelation of its sister show “Iron Fist.”

“Unfortunately, Marvel’s ‘Luke Cage’ will not return for a third season,” Marvel and the streaming service said. “Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix is grateful to the dedicated showrunner, writers, cast and crew who brought Harlem’s Hero to life for the past two seasons, and to all the fans who have supported the series.”

What happened with “Luke Cage”? It seemed a third season was almost assured. In fact, it has been reported that the “Luke Cage” writers’ room under showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker had been toiling away for six months working on scripts and taking notes from Netflix and Marvel.

“As actors including lead Mike Colter remained under contract, a formal Season 3 order was considered almost a foregone conclusion by all concerned,” Deadline reported.

Drafts for the first half of a 10-episode third season had already been sent to Marvel and Netflix.

According to some reports, creative differences, rather than a lack of interest in the show, are what killed it.

Luke Cage
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“The pink slipping of ‘Luke Cage’ was ultimately a combo of theage-oldd Hollywood ‘creative differences’ and the inability for the parties involved to reach a deal on how to move forward, according to sources,” Esquire reported.

It seems that in September, the writers’ room was put on hold for a week as Netflix and the Disney-owned Marvel were figuring out the mechanisms of changing the deal for the planned Luke Cage third season from the original 13 episodes to 10 episodes, Deadline reported.

It also could be a corporate decision. Marvel shows on Netflix are expensive to produce. “Iron Fist” was canceled on Oct. 12 and Netflix has cut the number of Marvel series by 40 percent.

“A lot of memories. A lot of individual thank-you calls to make,”  creator Cheo Hodari Coker tweeted. “Just want to say thank you to Marvel, Netflix, the best Writer’s room, cast, crew, the Midnight Hour, all those who graced the stage at Harlem’s Paradise and the most incredible fan base in the world. Forward always…”

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