Steven Lightfoot: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Lightfoot (Shantaram, The Punisher) has been tapped to develop a series adaptation of the Scot Harvathbooks from New York Times bestseller Brad Thor, under a relatively fresh overall deal with Sony Pictures Television that has previously gone unreported, Deadline has learned.

Just hours before the Season 1 finale of Apple TV Plus' Shantaram aired, the streaming service turned the season finale into a series finale.Apple TV Plus canceled Shantaram after just one 12-episode season, according to a new report from Deadline. The series is based on Gregory David Roberts' 900-page 2003 novel, which was previously eyed as a film adaptation before it was turned into the now short-lived series. Canceled: Just hours before the Season 1 finale of Apple TV Plus' Shantaram aired, the streaming service turned the season finale into a series finale One season: Apple TV Plus canceled Shantaram after just one 12-episode season, according to a new report from Deadline Shantaram follows a fugitive named Lin Ford (Hunnam) looking to get lost in vibrant and chaotic 1980s Bombay. Lin struggles to avoid the trouble he's running from in an unfamiliar city and his life becomes complicated when meeting a woman named Karla (Antonia Desplat).

Will Thorne Staff WriterApple’s “Shantaram” series starring Charlie Hunnam has found its showrunner.Steven Lightfoot has signed on to run the forthcoming show, Variety has confirmed. The “Hannibal” and “Punisher” alum has at the same time inked a multi-year overall deal with Apple.“Shantaram” is based on Gregory David Roberts’ 2003 novel of the same name and tells the story of Lin (Hunnam), a man on the run from an Australian prison looking to get lost in the teeming city of Bombay. Cut off from family and friends by distance and fate, he finds a new life in the slums, bars and underworld of India.