Netflix’s The Punisher creator Steve Lightfoot was already attached as co-showrunner.

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Sony Pictures Television Studios president Katherine Pope also shared in a statement that the production company is “absolutely thrilled to have Nicolas Cage starring in this series! No one else could bring such pathos, pain, and heart to this singular character.”

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, producers of the animated Spider-Verse films, will be producing the series alongside Amy Pascal, with the three of them also set to executive produce alongside Uziel. A release date for the show hasn’t been set just yet, but with it only just having been officially greenlit, you can probably expect to wait for it a while yet.

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