Alfre Woodard Cast In Key Role On Upcoming LUKE CAGE Netflix Series

By: Aug. 21, 2015
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According to Deadline.com, Alfre Woodard is finalizing a deal to star opposite Mike Colter in Luke Cage, the third series in Marvel's four-series package at Netflix.

Woodard will play a lead character listed on the breakdown as Minetta, a powerful woman in local politics who will have an impact on Luke Cage's life. In Luke Cage, Mike Colter, who will be first introduced in the second Marvel series for Netflix, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, plays Cage, a wrongly accused man who, granted superstrength by a sabotaged experiment, escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.

Cheo Hodari Coker serves as executive producer and showrunner on the series, produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios for Netflix.



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