Live-action Spider-Man Noir series hires The Punisher showrunner

Dec. 5, 2023

The upcoming Amazon series now has a showrunner

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Amazon’slive-action Spider-Man Noir serieshas found its showrunner. Steve Lightfoot, who was previously the showrunner on Netflix series The Punisher, is now on board,Varietyreports.The Lost Cityand22 Jump Streetscribe Oren Uziel is also on board as screenwriter and co-showrunner.

The currently untitled show will be set in New York City in the ’30s and follow an older superhero. Set in its own universe, the protagonist will not be Peter Parker.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Versedirectors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are executive producing the project, along with Spider-Man producer Amy Pascal.

First announced this past February, it’s the second Spider-Man series in the works at Amazon.Silk: Spider Society, from The Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang, will follow Cindy Moon, a “Korean-American woman bitten by the same spider that bit Peter Parker, as she escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family on her way to becoming the superhero known as Silk.”

As for Spider-Man Noir, he originated inMarvel Comics' Noir series, first published in 2009, which put a hardboiled spin on everyone’s favorite superheroes. Nicolas Cage voiced Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but the upcoming Amazon show will be the character’s live-action on-screen debut.

While we wait for the Spider-Man Noir series to arrive on the streamer, check out our guide to thebest shows on Amazon PrimeVideo to add to your watch list right now.

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