Steve Lightfoot to co-showrun Hulu drama Hotline
Lightfoot will share showrunner duties with creator David Swetnam and supervise the conspiracy drama, with Paul Shapiro as executive producer.
Steve Lightfoot has been announced as co-showrunner of the Hulu conspiracy drama Hotline, according to comingsoon.net. He will share the role with the series' creator, David Swetnam, and will also supervise the show.
Paul Shapiro will serve as an executive producer on Hotline. No premiere date or cast details were given in the announcement.
Hotline is a conspiracy drama about an operator at a secret criminal call center who helps a journalist investigate a conspiracy.
The news follows Prime Video's decision not to renew Spider-Noir for a second season. Lightfoot previously developed that series with Oren Uziel, with Nicolas Cage leading the cast as Ben Reilly. Spider-Noir ended after eight episodes and received 11 Emmy nominations, winning five awards at the Creative Arts Emmys.
Lightfoot's other credits include two seasons as showrunner on Marvel's The Punisher for Netflix, work on NBC's Hannibal, Netflix's Narcos and Behind Her Eyes, and Apple TV+'s Shantaram.
Quick answers
Who is the showrunner of Hulu's Hotline?
Steve Lightfoot serves as co-showrunner alongside creator David Swetnam, and also supervises the series.
What is Hotline about?
It is a conspiracy drama about an operator at a secret criminal call center who helps a journalist investigate a conspiracy.