Marvel Television appears to be moving closer and closer to a Defenders reunion. When Daredevil: Born Again hits D+ this March, it will feature the return of Krysten Ritter as drunk dick Jessica Jones, who will be helping Matt Murdock and Karen Page stand against Mayor Fisk’s tyrannical rule of New York City. And for some time now, Mike Colter has been teasing the potential of Luke Cage stepping into the MCU despite once saying his time as Harlem’s Hero was “in the rearview mirror.”
Ahead of New York Comic Con 2025, evidence began to mount that Colter might be stepping back into the role, something the star heavily implied during a panel during Edmonton Expo in September. “I don’t know why people keep asking me this. There’s no signs. It’s not like they’ve just recently revived one of the Marvel Netflix shows,” teased Colter when asked if he was set to return for as Cage in Daredevil: Born Again.
Though there was plenty of speculation his appearance at NYCC might come with confirmation that Cage would join Murdock’s vigilante army in the sophomore season of Disney’s Daredevil revival, that never came to pass. But now, as the studio gears up for production on Season 3, Colter has begun the game anew.
In a new interview with On That Note, Colter seemed to give the clearer indication yet that his return to the role of Luke Cage was imminent.
“I’ve had conversations,” Colter told host Shawn Stockman, though he did not clarify that those conversations were with anyone currently working at Marvel Studios.
I talked to Cheo [Hodari Coker] about it, [the] showrunner. I think Daredevil’s back… Jessica’s back… we’re in a better position to see this come into fruition faster then we think. Yeah, so, we’ll see.
-Mike Colter on his potential return as Luke Cage
“I love the fans and I love that world. And so it’s been years now. So now like, I’m doing other projects, but now I think to myself, ‘I have some unfinished business there’,” said Colter. As for Cage –who was last seen taking ownership over Harlem’s Paradise–there’s certainly unfinished business and plenty more room for the character to grow into the MCU, especially if the studio is intent on making the Netflix series’ revivals its cornerstone content.
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