Author: Julia Emmanuele / Source: Bustle
There’s officially one less hero guarding the streets of New York City. Netflix cancelled the Marvel series Luke Cage late on Friday, Oct. 19, just one week after another Marvel superhero show, Iron Fist, was also axed by the streaming service. Both Luke Cage and Iron Fist were part of a five-series deal that Marvel struck with Netflix, which includes Daredevil (whose third season premiered on Friday), Jessica Jones and the superhero team-up show, The Defenders.
“Unfortunately, Marvel’s Luke Cage will not return for a third season,” Netflix and Marvel said in a joint statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “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.
”According to THR, the show — which centered on a former convict, played by Mike Colter with superhuman strength and unbreakable skin who fought crime in Harlem — an unnamed source claims that the show was reportedly cancelled over creative differences between the crew and the network, and their inability to agree on terms for a third season. Deadline also reported that conflict arose out of Netflix’s decision to cut the third season from 13 episodes down to just 10. (Bustle has reached out to Netflix for comment regarding the reports, but did not immediately hear back.)
Though Luke Cage was not as well known of a property as some of the other Marvel heroes, Colter’s character quickly became a fan favorite after appearing in the first season of Jessica Jones as Krysten Ritter’s tough-talking, crime fighting love interest. The series Luke Cage also introduced fans to Simone Missick’s Misty Knight, a police officer who becomes involved with Cage during her investigation of the villain Cottonmouth (Mahershala Ali) and who was instrumental in the Defenders’ fight against the criminal organization, The Hand.
Though the second season of Luke Cage earned mixed reviews from critics, the show remained…
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