Luke Cage Creator Cheo Hodari Coker Signs Development Deal With Amazon

Cheo Hodari Coker is moving on from the cancellation of Luke Cage into a new deal with Amazon. THR reports that Coker has signed an overall deal with the company to develop and produce TV projects through his Fighting 99th Entertainment company.

Coker created and served as showrunner for Marvel’s Luke Cage, which ran for two seasons on Netflix before its cancellation in October.

“We’re very excited to welcome Cheo to the Amazon Studios family,” said Amazon TV co-head Vernon Sanders. “From Notorious to Luke Cage, Cheo is a provocative, revolutionary storyteller, and we’re happy he’ll be creating those kinds of bold new series exclusively for Prime Video.”

“Amazon is the future, and their bespoke, specific approach to building groundbreaking shows offers an amazing opportunity, one that I’m incredibly thankful for. I can’t think of a better place to launch the first shows developed under my Seattle-based Fighting 99th Entertainment banner, and am excited for people to see what we have in store,” added Coker.