Encouraging article about Cloak and Dagger (June 7 8 pm on Freeform):
http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/cloa...d-dagger-a-different-approach-to-superhero-tv
Marvel’s
Cloak and Dagger is coming to Freeform this June, but don’t be fooled by the fact that the network formerly known as ABC Family is airing this paired superhero show. Although the series doesn’t reach Netflix levels of adult content, the series was created by Joe Pokaski, the
Daredevil executive producer who famously wrote the episode in which Fisk uses a car door in a brutal and fatal fashion. As
Cloak and Dagger depicts the origin story of Tyrone Johnson (Aubrey Joseph) as “Cloak” and Tandy Bowen (Olivia Holt) as “Dagger” gaining their powers, the tale will be told in a manner unlike any other comic-based show on cable, network television, or streaming service.
“I don’t really think in terms of target audience,” explains Pokaski. “I’ll be angry if there aren’t 50-year-old men watching this show. I’m hoping a lot of people that go to the Marvel brand go to
Cloak and Dagger… We don’t try to be too gratuitous, but we want to sell the world as a place that needs superheroes, particularly New Orleans. And both Marvel and Freeform have been completely on board with how real and how gritty we want to do it… there wasn’t a single thing in
Cloak and Dagger where I tried to push the envelope where anyone brushed me off the plate.”