Marvel Television and Netflix today released the full-length trailer for Marvel’s Luke Cage, the next Marvel Defenders series coming to the streaming service.
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The new trailer features new looks at Michael Colter’s Luke Cage in action and Rosario Dawson’s return as Claire Temple in the series. Dawson appeared as Temple in both seasons of Marvel’s Daredevil and in Marvel’s Jessica Jones, where she first meets Luke and treats his broken body. We also get our first looks at Mahershala Ali as the villainous Cottonmouth, Simone Missick as Misty Knight, and Alfre Woodard as Black Mariah.
Want a closer look? Check out the gallery of screenshots from the trailer, located below.
Marvel’s Luke Cage is the third Netflix series building up to the Marvel’s Defenders crossover event, following Marvel’s Daredevil and Marvel’s Jessica Jones and ahead of Marvel’s Iron Fist. Colter will star as Cage, an ex-convict who whose skin was made unbreakable by a science experiment. After his bar in Hell’s Kitchen was destroyed during the events of Marvel’s Jessica Jones Season 1, Cage is making his way into Harlem. He’ll try to make the neighborhood a safer place while steering clear of the police himself.
Marvel’s Luke Cage also stars Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Frank Whaley, and Sônia Braga. The series is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios and is being developed by Cheo Hodari Coker, who will also serve as showrunner.
The entire Marvel’s Luke Cage series will be released on Netflix on September 30, 2016.
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