Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger now have their own TV show (debuting on Freeform on June 7), based on the comic book characters who first debuted in the 1980s. According to Freeform, the show is about the following: “Teenagers Tyrone and Tandy are awakened to newly acquired superpowers which are mysteriously linked to one another.”
The show is set in post-Katrina New Orleans and features Tandy Bowen (Olivia Holt) and Tyrone Johnson (Aubrey Joseph), teenagers who gained their powers as children after a Roxxon Corporation accident. Read our spoiler-free review of the Cloak and Dagger series premiere here.
Source: IGN.com Cloak and Dagger: Marvel's New TV Show Explained