As Daredevil continues production of Season 2, and AKA Jessica Jones gets ready for a Fall release on Netflix, Marvel is preparing for its next interconnecting series on the streaming site. The Luke Cage character will already be making his debut midway through the Jessica Jones debut season, which will eventually lead up to his own series, Luke Cage. Mike Colter stars as the titular character, and showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker is currently assembling the rest of the cast. Now we know who will be the villain of the Luke Cage series.

A new report says that Alfre Woodard will now join the cast as one of the villains.

Netflix will kick off their Marvel series run later this month with Daredevil, developed by Drew Goddard. It will then move on to AKA Jessica Jones, with Melissa Rosenberg serving as showrunner. Now we are learning that Cheo Hodari Coker (Ray Donavan, Southland) will act as showrunner for Luke Cage, starring Mike Colter (The Good Wife, American Horror Story: Coven) in the title role.

Variety broke the news yesterday. In addition to being a showrunner, Coker will also be a co-executive producer on the show.

Just this week it was announced that Netflix has scheduled the release of Marvel’s Daredevil for an April 10 premiere — all 13 episodes released at once for subscribers’ viewing pleasure. But as to when we will get to see the other Marvel series Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The Defenders is unclear. In fact, even with the recent castings of Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones in A.K.A. Jessica Jones, with Mike Colter as Luke Cage, production for either series has yet to begin, and according to Chief Content Officer of Netfix, Ted Sarandos, it could be up to a year before any of the Marvel shows on Netflix, beyond Daredevil, would make their Internet debut.

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After being one of the names said to be in the running for the role of Luke Cage in the upcoming TV series coming to Netflix, Marvel has confirmed that Mike Colter has officially been cast in the role.

Colter will first play Cage in the Jessica Jones series A.K.A. Jessica Jones, which will star Krysten Ritter in the title role, before moving on to lead his own series.

Marvel fans are getting ready for what will be a pretty spectacular 2015. Not only will they get Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, and Fantastic Four, but they will also get to see their long-awaited Netflix series debut. It first starts with the Daredevil series, and will be followed by Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist series. All of it will culminate with a miniseries event that resembles The Avengers.

Daredevil is already under production, and now we are beginning to start casting for Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. Hit the jump for more.