MOVIE NEWS – Nicolas Cage hits the streets as Spider-Noir in late May, fronting a Spider-Man story that plays by its own rules. The Prime Video Original live-action Marvel series has dropped both the Authentic Black and White trailer and a true hue color cut, and you can watch them below.
Spider-Noir is an eight-episode series inspired by Marvel‘s Spider-Man Noir comics, with Cage starring as Ben Reilly, a down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York who can’t outrun his past life and a deeply personal tragedy from when he was the city’s one-and-only superhero.
A longtime comics fan, Cage first voiced the character in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, then popped back in briefly for the sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. With a bigger presence lined up for the long-delayed threequel, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, the former Ghost Rider actor now steps into a full live-action lead – and the new trailers make a strong case that the gamble pays off.
Joining Cage, the cast includes 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), Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire, Day of the Fight), and Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin, Harry Potter), with guest stars 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 Lands In 2026
Spider-Noir premieres domestically on MGM+‘s linear channel on May 25, 2026, before the full season drops on Prime Video globally on May 27. In other words, anyone in the mood can binge all eight episodes in one sitting – and plenty of people will.
Beyond the stacked cast, the series leans hard into classic film noir, using tilted angles and razor-edged lighting that makes it feel like Humphrey Bogart could stroll in at any second. The format choice is part of the hook too, since viewers will be able to watch it in both black-and-white and color. Marvel Studios pulled off a similar vibe shift with Werewolf by Night, one of the MCU‘s most popular standalone releases. If Spider-Noir keeps that throwback energy without wobbling, it could be the kind of retro swing we didn’t know we wanted.
Cage will also return as the animated version of the character in Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. The third and final chapter has had a messy road to the finish line, but it’s currently dated for June 18, 2027.
Source: MovieWeb
