The live-action Spider-Man Noir series in the works at Amazon has brought on Steve Lightfoot as co-showrunner, Variety has learned exclusively.
The show was first reported to be in the works at Amazon in February. Oren Uziel is a writer on the project and will serve as co-showrunner and executive producer alongside Lightfoot.
As previously reported, the untitled series will follow an older, grizzled superhero in 1930s New York City. An individual with knowledge of the project says the show will be set in its own universe and the main character will not be Peter Parker.
This is not Lightfoot’s first foray into the Marvel universe. He previously created and served as showrunner on Netflix’s The Punisher, starring Jon Bernthal, which ran for two seasons before Disney decided to pull all Marvel content back to its own streaming platforms. Most recently, he created and served as showrunner on the Apple TV+ series Shantaram, based on the book of the same name. His other credits include Hannibal, Narcos and Behind Her Eyes.
Lightfoot is repped by WME and the Curtis Brown Group.
The Spider-Man Noir show is the second known project based on the Sony-controlled Marvel characters at Amazon. It was previously announced that Amazon was moving forward with the series “Silk: Spider Society” from showrunner Angela Kang, with several other shows in the works. It is not yet known which other Marvel characters will be featured in the other Amazon shows, although Sony currently controls over 900 such characters associated with the Spider-Man franchise.
Uziel developed the show with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and former Sony chief Amy Pascal, who all executive produce. Pascal will executive produce through Pascal Pictures. Sony Pictures Television is the studio, with Lord and Miller currently under an overall deal there.
