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‘Luke Cage’ Icon Is Officially Back in Business at CBS With New Look at Upcoming ‘Lincoln Lawyer’ Replacement [Exclusive]
Mike Colter, known for his role as Luke Cage, is starring in a new CBS legal drama called Cupertino, which premieres on 8 October. Created by The Good Wife's Michelle and Robert King, the show follows lawyer Michael Price (Colter), who has been wrongfully ousted from a tech start-up, as he teams up with fellow attorney Olivia Siffre (Rachel Keller) to form a law firm that challenges Silicon Valley's tech giants. The partnership reunites Colter with the Kings after his acclaimed run on their previous series Evil.
The second episode, "Vik & Bo," introduces key characters including Vik Malhotra, a coder played by Nik Dodani who becomes the firm's first major client after being wrongfully implicated in a drone incident. The fledgling firm operates from a makeshift office in an empty building and gains crucial financial backing from Natalia Boutella (Busy Philipps), a spurned ex-wife of a tech billionaire, whilst also taking on a potential whistleblower client. Guest stars including Rob McClure and Evan Handler will also appear in the episode.
In short
- Mike Colter returns to acting in new CBS legal drama Cupertino, premiering October 8
- He plays a wrongfully ousted tech lawyer fighting Silicon Valley giants with a new partner
- The show reunites him with The Good Wife creators after his role in their series Evil
Explained simply
Cupertino is a CBS legal drama starring Mike Colter, who is also known for playing Luke Cage. It was created by Michelle and Robert King, whose earlier television work includes The Good Wife and Evil, and reunites them with Colter.
The story centres on Michael Price, a lawyer who says he was pushed out of a technology start-up, and Olivia Siffre, another attorney who joins him to start a law firm. Their cases involve people caught up in disputes with powerful Silicon Valley companies, placing questions of law and influence at the heart of the drama.