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It has been a busy time for Alfre Woodard, beginning in January, when Chinonye Chukwu's Clemency debuted at Sundance to critical acclaim, winning the Grand Jury Prize. Although the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning Woodard has had a number of noteworthy performances this year—from a dramatic rendering of the Mueller…

Netflix probably thought they made a swift surgical move cutting Marvel's The Punisher and Jessica Jones this week, but Eminem made it very clear tonight he can take a slice out of the streamer in retaliation. The Oscar winning hip hop artist took to social media late Wednesday to loudly protest the February 18 cancell…

Two months plus a day after Netflix and Marvel pulled the plug on a widely expected third season of Luke Cage, creator Cheo Hodari Coker has found a new long-term home with Amazon Studios. In a stealth and strategic move in the television talent wars, the House of Bezos has signed now ex-Cage showrunner Coker and his…

EXCLUSIVE: The ax continues to fall on Marvel’s series at Netflix. Daredevil, which launched the Marvel universe on the streaming platform, has been canceled after three seasons. The move comes on the heels of Netflix canceling Iron Fist and Luke Cage last month – but Daredevil seems to have an afterlife elsewhere. “M…

Refresh for updates…Hours after Netflix’s surprise axing of Marvel’s Luke Cage, showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker and others have taken to social media to praise the show, lament its leaving and even ponder how Harlem’s Hero could return. While star Mike Colter has yet to weigh in, Coker (Creed 2‘s scribe) was clear to…

EXCLUSIVE: One week after Iron Fist was canned and the same day that the long awaited third season of Daredevil launched, Netflix has canceled Luke Cage. “Unfortunately, Marvel's Luke Cage will not return for a third season,” Marvel and the streaming service said on Friday. “Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix…

EXCLUSIVE: Just over a month after its significantly improved second season launched on Netflix, the streaming service has delivered a knockout cancellation punch to Marvel's Iron Fist "Marvel's Iron Fist will not return for a third season on Netflix,” said the Disney-owned comic giant and the streamer in a joint…

Netflix made a big splash in 2013 when it made a deal with Disney, hailed by both sides at the time as “unprecedented,” for four Marvel TV series, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage, and a limited series, The Defenders.  The four series from the original agreement are still going ,joined by a fifth, Dare…

Citing data from its own polling of consumers as well as its financial analysis, UBS issued a downgrade of Netflix stock to “neutral” from “buy.” In a research report issued after the close of trading, the Wall Street investment firm said the streaming service’s stock, which closed today at $418.65, is simply…

The launch of Season 1 of Marvel's Luke Cage in 2016 crashed Netflix. The June 22-debuting second season may or may not repeat that feat, but it sure packs a lot more punch. I was a big fan of the first cycle of the Cheo Hodari Coker-run and Mike Colter-led Harlem hero series, but there's no argument things went a…

“Harlem doesn’t need a hero, it needs a Queen.” So says Alfre Woodard’s Mariah Dillard near the beginning of the final trailer for Season 2 of Marvel’s Luke Cage. Season 2 finds Mariah faced with an imminent and formidable threat to her hold over Harlem – the unstoppable Bushmaster, who endangers everything she holds…

Half a century ago today, Martin Luther King Jr was shot dead in Memphis while supporting striking black sanitation workers in that southern city. For a nation still severed today along stark racial and economic lines, the death at age 39 of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning preacher and civil rights icon on the evening…