Set to premiere on Freeform on June 7th, Marvel is all in on their newest project, Cloak & Dagger. Led by Heroes showrunner, Joe Pokaski, the series will star former Disney star, Olivia Holt and The Night Of’s Aubre Joseph in the leading roles. Over the past twenty-four hours, Marvel fans got a sneak peek into the work of Holt and Joseph with a new trailer.
Two paths. One destiny.
Marvel’s #CloakAndDagger is coming to @FreeformTV June 7. pic.twitter.com/3vdX96IBGu— Cloak & Dagger (@CloakAndDagger) February 28, 2018
For those unfamiliar with the story of Cloak & Dagger, Tandy Bowen, played by Holt and Tyrone Johnson, played by Joseph, play an interracial couple that finds love despite having two very different backgrounds. As the couple grows closer, the duo finds themselves revealing parts of themselves they had kept secret for their entire lives. Bowen reveals that she can emit light daggers, while Johnson reveals he can swallow others into darkness. As time passes on, the two realizes that they work well together, but as we all know, mixing business and pleasure is often not a recipe for success.
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— Cloak & Dagger (@CloakAndDagger) February 28, 2018
Freeform has been developing this much-anticipated series for five years now and as co-executive producer Jeph Loeb says, “Marvel is delighted to have found our Cloak & Dagger.” Loeb, who is co-executive producing the series alongside Pokaski added that “Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph encompass the true essence of the characters and we are excited for the audience to see them in these roles.”
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— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) February 27, 2018
The series, which will share a home with a hit-series Grown-ish, will debut on June 7th with an episode directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. The first season has been greenlit for ten episodes with the possibility for more and will join ABC Marvel series such as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and The Inhumans.