‘Luke Cage’ Showrunner Teases What Could Have Been in Scrapped Season 3

‘Luke Cage’ was canceled by Netflix after its second season, leaving fans with a cliffhanger ending. The showrunner, Cheo Hodari Coker, revealed there were plans for a third season, which would have focused on Luke becoming Harlem’s crime boss. Although several episodes were written and ideas were mapped out, the season was never produced.

On social media, Cheo Hodari Coker has been sharing details about what the third season could have been. He revealed that a lot of work was done on the storyline, which would have focused on Luke’s new role as Harlem’s crime boss.

Coker mentioned that six episodes were written, eight were outlined, and 13 were planned, but he didn’t give any further details.

Last year, the showrunner shared episode titles for the planned third season, all inspired by Public Enemy songs, keeping with the show’s tradition of using hip-hop music. Previous seasons used songs from Gang Starr and Pete Rock & CL Smooth.

Netflix’s ‘Luke Cage’ might be over, but the same thing was said for the ‘Daredevil’ show as well and that show is now currently being resurrected on Disney+ as ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ generating incredible amounts of hype.

Marvel Studios exec Brad Winderbaum teased in the past that some character from Netflix’s ‘The Defenders’ saga might appear in the upcoming show, or even get extra seasons of their solo shows. Some previous reports claim that ‘The Punisher’ is already set to receive his solo project under the MCU umbrella.

Mike Colter previously shared that he could see himself returning to Luke Cage because enough time has passed, and he’s done enough other work that it wouldn’t feel repetitive. He mentioned that there could be another journey or chapter for the character, but he’s uncertain about Disney’s direction for the characters.

He pointed out that ‘Luke Cage’ and ‘Jessica Jones ‘had social commentary, which made their series unique, and he’s unsure if Disney would continue that aspect.

At this point, I could see myself revisiting Luke Cage because there’s been enough time and I’ve done enough things where I feel like, ‘Okay, that doesn’t feel repetitive.’ There could be another journey, another chapter for that character, but with the Disney of it all, what their direction in terms of those characters, I think Luke and Jessica had some social commentary and I don’t know if they’re up for that ’cause that’s what made us, our series, unique.

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