We finally have our first teaser for the Spider-Noir series, which sees Nicholas Cage put on the hat and coat of his version of Spider-Man, who we met in the excellent Spider-Verse movies.
The series will be aired in to versions, True-Hue Full Colour and Authentic Black & White, meaning you can enjoy it as a modern show or as a show that makes you feel liek you’re watching a classic noir series.
Speaking about the colour and black & white formats, star Nicholas Cage says: “The truth is, they both work and they’re beautiful for different reasons.
“The color is super saturated and gorgeous. I think teenage viewers will appreciate the color, but I also want them to have the option. If they want to experience the concept in black and white, maybe that would instill some interest in them to look at earlier movies and enjoy that as an art form as well.”
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This version of Spider-Noir is the same one – no multiverse shenanigans here – that we met in the Spider-verse animated movies although in the show he doesn’t have the name Spider-Noir, but rather he’s just ‘The Spider’, a throwback to other 1930’s comic book heroes like The Shadow.
“This character’s very different from the Peter Parker from the movies. He’s older and jaded, and not afraid to punch a guy in the face drunkenly,” producer Chir Miller says, other producer Phil Lord adds: “He already had his Chinatown disillusionment moment that happened years and years ago.”
Showrunner Oren Uziel explains that, unlike Peter Parker, this character has already been through it all and is jaded: “Ben Reilly has already gone through the entire arc and has seen it all. He’s over it, and trying to move past it,” he says, “but his past kind of keeps coming back to haunt him. It’s just a different version that we haven’t seen before.”
Tidbit:
The new teaser gives us our first look at this world’s villains
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Cage describes his Ben Reilly/Spider-Noir as “70 percent Humphrey Bogart, and 30 percent Bugs Bunny”, adding to this, Miller says: “[Cage’s] take on it was like, ‘I’m a spider trying to cosplay as a human.’ He’s code-switching. Inside his body, he feels like an animal.”
“That’s why you cast Nicolas Cage,” Millergoes on, “he’s going to come at a character in a way that no one else would think of.”
Excitingly, the main villain in the series is the Irish legend Brendan Gleeson, as Silvermane, who may or may not be in league with villain Sandman/Flint Marko, played by Jack Huston; Uziel says of the two: “In all the great detective stories, you have two cases that sort of come together and you realize you’re actually working the same thing.”
This is one to be excited for guys, the continuation of the Spider-Verse ahead of the third movie being released and a Nicholas Cage superhero show from Lord and Miller, what’s not to love?
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The show’s posters have been released in Authentic Black & White and True-Hue Full Colour:
Prime Video debuted the official teaser trailer and premiere date for its groundbreaking new series, Spider-Noir, starring Nicolas Cage in his first leading television role, premiering worldwide on May 27, 2026. Produced by Sony Pictures Television exclusively for MGM+ and Prime Video, the hotly anticipated series will debut domestically on MGM+’s linear broadcast channel on May 25, then globally on Prime Video on May 27 as a binge release, in more than 240 countries and territories.
For a special and unique viewing experience, Spider-Noir will be available to stream two ways, in “Authentic Black & White” and “True-Hue Full Color” for audiences to choose their own adventure to watch.
Spider-Noir is a live-action series based on the Marvel comic Spider-Man Noir. Spider-Noir tells the story of Ben Reilly (Nicolas 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.
Spider-noir swings onto screens on May 27th.
Check out the trailers below:
True-Hue Full Colour Teaser:
Authentic Black & White Teaser:
Full cast includes Academy Award®-winning actor Nicolas Cage (Adaptation, Pig), Emmy Award®-winning actor Lamorne Morris (Fargo, New Girl)), Li Jun Li (Sinners, Babylon), Karen Rodriguez (The Hunting Wives, Acapulco), Abraham Popoola (Atlas, Slow Horses), with SAG Award®-winning actor Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire, Day of The Fight), and Emmy Award®-winning and Academy Award®-nominated actor Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin, Harry Potter). Guest star cast includes Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice, Amanda Schull, Andrew Caldwell, Amy Aquino, Andrew Robinson, and Kai Caster.
Spider-Noir is produced by Sony Pictures Television exclusively for MGM+ and Prime Video. Emmy Award®-winning director Harry Bradbeer (Fleabag, Killing Eve) directed, and executive produced the first two episodes. Oren Uziel (The Lost City, 22 Jump Street) and Steve Lightfoot (Marvel’s The Punisher, Shantaram) serve as co-showrunners and executive producers. Uziel and Lightfoot developed the series with the Academy Award®-winning team behind Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal. Lord and Miller executive produce for their shingle Lord Miller along with Aditya Sood and Dan Shear. Amy Pascal also serves as an executive producer via Pascal Pictures. Cage and Pavlina Hatoupis also serve as executive producers.
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