When Netflix started wielding the axe and culling their Marvel shows, it wasn’t exactly a surprise that
Iron Fist was first on the chopping block, with Danny Rand’s solo series far and away the weakest of the bunch. However, it did come as a shock to many when
Luke Cage was axed the following week, especially as both seasons had been warmly received by critics and the second run of episodes ended on a cliffhanger that promised an interesting new direction for Mike Colter’s title hero.
At the time, we were unaware that Marvel Studios were in the process of gathering up as many of their properties as humanly possible under one roof, so each Netflix cancellation brought a mixture of incredulity and outrage from fans and subscribers. Building on his warmly received supporting role in
Exclusive: Mike Colter Says No Current Talks With Marvel for Luke Cage
Exclusive: Mike Colter says no current talks with Marvel for Luke Cage
It’s been two years since audiences last saw Mike Colter as the titular hero in the final season of the Netflix show
Luke Cage and though rumors have surfaced that the streaming platform’s Daredevil, Charlie Cox, would finally be making the jump to the big screen in the upcoming third
Spider-Man film with Tom Holland, Colter has revealed to ComingSoon.net that he has not heard from Marvel Studios about coming back for more.
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We’ve already seen what happens when Sony stuff a
Spider-Man 3with too many supporting characters and unnecessary subplots, and the studio did it again seven years later in
The Amazing Spider-Man 2. However, the mere presence of Marvel Studios is enough to assuage doubts among many fans that history will end up repeating itself for a third time when Tom Holland’s next outing swings into theaters in twelve months from now.
So far, Jamie Foxx’s Electro, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parkers, Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy, Kirsten Dunst’s Mary Jane Watson and Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus are all set to star in