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- Tech Advisor reports on Sony and Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming Spider-Noir series, featuring Nicolas Cage as Ben Reilly, an aging 1930s detective Spider-Man.
- The show offers viewers unique viewing options with both black-and-white and full-color versions, set in a stylized noir New York.
- The series includes a strong ensemble cast with Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, and Brendan Gleeson in key roles.
Get your trench coat and fedora ready – a new noir TV series is looming on the horizon. The first trailer for Sony’s Spider-Noir is here, unveiling the show’s premiere date and Nicolas Cage as the 1930s’ gumshoe superhero.
Spider-Man best known for its film adaptations. All three iterations, led by Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland respectively, were well-received by fans. Moreover, the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse are arguably among the best superhero movies ever made.
With its latest project, Sony is bringing a new version of the beloved hero to life. Spider-Noir, previously known as Noir, will be the first live-action series featuring the superhero… or rather, an unusual incarnation of him. It will take Spidey out of his familiar, contemporary environment and put him in a stylised, noirish New York of the 1930s.
Spider-Noir first appeared on screen in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as a version of Peter Parker from a different reality. The superhero was voiced by Nicolas Cage, and his appearance was received well by fans. Sony clearly took note and cast him in a standalone Spider-Man Noir live-action series.
Spider-Noir is developed by Sony in collaboration with Amazon Prime Video. Continue reading to learn more about the series.
When will Spider-Noir be released?
The Spider-Man series will premiere on MGM’s linear channel on Monday, 25 May 2026. The show will be released globally on Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday, 27 May 2026.
The series will consist of eight episodes.
What will the plot of the Spider-Noir series be?
The series is based on the Spider-Man Noir comic books, which are part of the Marvel Noir universe – the franchise branch inspired by film noir and pulp fiction.
Published between 2009 and 2010, the miniseries features an alternate version of Peter Parker, called Ben Reilly. He lives in New York City during The Great Depression. Spider-Man gains his powers during one of his investigations for the Daily Bugle newspaper – he’s bitten by a venomous spider hidden in an antique artefact stolen by criminals.
Amazon’s series will show Reilly as a weary, ageing detective who looks back on his life as The Spider, the only superhero in the city.
As the official logline states:
[The show] tells the story of Ben Reilly (Cage), a seasoned, down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life, following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city’s one and only superhero.
Interestingly, the series will be available for streaming in two versions. Viewers can choose between Authentic Black & White or True-Hue Full Colour.
Who are the cast and the crew of the Spider-Noir series?
Nicolas Cage will be the star of the Amazon series, portraying Ben Reilly AKA The Spider. Cage’s appearance in the series will mark his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe – in 2011, the actor played the lead in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
On screen, Cage will be accompanied by Brendan Gleeson, who you may know from the Harry Potter film series and The Banshees of Inisherin. He will play Silvermane, a mob boss from New York.
Lamorne Morris, who you may have recently seen in Fargo season 4, also has joined the cast. He’ll portray Robbie Robertson, Reilly’s friend and an editor at the Daily Bugle newspaper.
Li Jun Li will play Cat Hardy, a femme fatale nightclub singer.
Karen Rodriguez stars as Janet, Reilly’s secretary and investigator.
The series also features:
- Jack Huston as Flint Marko, a bodyguard
- Lukas Haas as Silvermane’s subordinate
- Cameron Britton
- Cary Christopher
- Michael Kostroff
- Scott MacArthur
- Joe Massingill
- Whitney Rice
- Amanda Schull
- Andrew Lewis Caldwell
- Amy Aquino
- Andrew Robinson
Oren Uziel (22 Jump Street) and Steve Lightfoot (The Punisher) will be showrunners. They will executive-produce Spider-Not alongside Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal, the brains behind Into the Spider-Verse.
The first two episodes will be directed by Harry Bradbeer (Fleabag).