Cheo Coker to Produce Luke Cage

Marvel has hired Cheo Coker as executive producer and showrunner of the upcoming Luke Cage series. Coker has produced Ray Donovan and SouthLAnd and has written for the LA Times, Rolling Stone, and other productions. He is also scheduled to write the first two episodes of Luke Cage, which should debut sometime next year. The titular character will make his first appearance in AKA Jessica Jones later this year, before moving on to his own show and is played by Mike Colter.