A pillar of the 2010s-era Netflix Marvel collection, Luke Cage debuted in 2016 with Mike Colter within the titular function. Sharing continuity with Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist, the two-season collection initially labored in tandem with the others to arrange the crossover occasion collection, The Defenders.
Finally, Netflix’s Marvel collection met its finish alongside its sister collection as they had been all canceled by 2019 and faraway from the platform by 2022. Since then, Daredevil has been revived by Disney+ as Daredevil: Born Once more for a three-season run, the primary of which premiered in 2025. It featured the return of Netflix-era forged members Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Jon Bernthal, amongst others, and formally confirmed their standing as canon to the Marvel CInematic Universe.
The second season will deliver again Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter, resulting in hypothesis that extra forged members from The Defenders could return. In a latest look on Shawn Stockman’s On That Notice, Colter addressed the potential of reprising Luke and defined why he was as soon as reluctant to take action.
“Hear, I’ll say this: I’ve had conversations,” the actor said. “I might inform folks no, as a result of I truly was like, when it wrapped, ‘I like enjoying Luke Cage, however I additionally simply […] love performing. I like doing various things.'” Regardless of his prior hesitation to revive the function, Colter stated famous that he loves Marvel followers and the collection’ world.
Nonetheless, after just a few years, Colter realized he could “have some unfinished enterprise there.” The actor revealed that he has spoken to Luke Cage creator and showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker in regards to the hero’s future.
“You know, Daredevil’s again,” he continued. “So I am like ‘deliver the defenders again. Convey Jessica again.‘” He then famous that the latter got here to fruition with Ritter’s return, additional hinting his personal could also be on the way in which.
“I might say we’re in a greater place to see this come into fruition sooner than we expect,” he concluded. “We’ll see.” Colter has teased the likelihood earlier than by enjoying coy as to why followers preserve asking him to return: “I don’t know why folks preserve asking me this. There [are] no indicators. It’s not like they’ve only in the near past revived one of many Marvel Netflix reveals.“
Notably, Colter and Iron Fist star Finn Jones had been noticed in New York across the time that Born Once more season two was filming, additional fueling hypothesis concerning a Defenders reunion. Daredevil: Born Once more season two returns in March 2026, and based mostly on Colter’s feedback, it will not be lengthy earlier than Luke Cage can also be onscreen once more.