Marvel's latest Netflix-based series, Luke Cage is almost upon us. But to give you another quick flavour of what the show will be all about, here's a new trailer.
Luke Cage finds Harlem's reluctant hero (Mike Colter) lying low after his bruising experience on Jessica Jones. Checking in on his home neighbourhood, he soon discovers that it won't be that easy to keep his head down and calmly sweep hair in his local barbershop. Not when Cottonmouth – sorry, Mr. Cornell Stokes – (Mahershala Ali) is looking to consolidate his criminal power in the area. And then there's Mariah Stokes (Alfre Woodard) an ambitious politician on the rise with her own connections to the local criminals.
Luke will need help from Simone Missick's Misty Knight, a driven cop with a keen eye for justice and Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson), a woman who has seen her fair share of "special" people like Luke, blessed/cursed with invulnerable skin and incredible strength after a botched prison experiment.
Promising a thumping, well-curated soundtrack and a different vibe again to the other Marvel/Netflix productions, Luke Cage has all the signs of another success. Check it out when it hits the streaming service on 30 September. Oh, and listen below to Colter talk about the show and more as a guest of the Empire Podcast, which this weekend came straight from Empire Live.