Jonathan E. Steinberg
In 2010, Steinberg developed the television series Human Target, loosely based on the DC Comics series Human Target, for Fox. He served as writer, executive producer and showrunner for the first season, before producer Matt Miller was brought in as showrunner for the second season. Steinberg remained an executive producer.
January 2014 saw the premiere of the TV series Black Sails on the Starz channel, of which Steinberg is co-creator, executive producer and showrunner.
As of 2021 he was working on The Old Man for FX and Percy Jackson & the Olympians for Disney+.
In March 2025, it was announced that Steinberg, as well as fellow Percy Jackson showrunner Dan Shotz, were in talks to write, produce, and showrun a live-action Power Rangers reboot series for Disney+, a co-production between Hasbro Entertainment and 20th Century Television. He and Shotz publicly confirmed in December of 2025 that they would be developing the series.
Steinberg is also the brother-in-law of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. He graduated from Harvard College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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