Amazon has cancelled Spider-Noir after its eight-episode debut season, ending Nicolas Cage’s live-action Marvel series despite strong reviews, substantial viewing figures and 11 Emmy nominations.

There will be no second season for Spider-Noir. The Amazon MGM production reached Prime Video on May 25 and quickly built an unusually strong critical profile for a comic-book spin-off, yet that momentum was not enough to secure its future.

A costly experiment in black-and-white and colour

According to the report, budget pressure ultimately decided the show’s fate. Production costs were estimated at roughly $400 million, with the decision to prepare a colour presentation alongside the originally planned black-and-white version adding expense and contributing to a one-year delay.

The cancellation creates a striking contrast with the show’s performance. Spider-Noir earned a 92 per cent critics’ score and a 90 per cent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while Nielsen measured 2.6 billion minutes watched during its first six weeks. Its 11 Emmy nominations recognised areas including production design, music, visual effects and stunt work.

Nicolas Cage’s detective story ends after eight episodes

Cage plays Ben Reilly, a battered private investigator in Depression-era New York who is forced to confront his past and become the city’s only superhero. The actor had previously voiced the noir-flavoured Spider-Man in 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Our review of Spider-Noir examined how the series turned that pulpy premise into a smoky detective drama.

The cancellation leaves the series as a self-contained eight-part production and further narrows Sony’s live-action Spider-Man plans outside Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. Another project from the Sony–Amazon partnership, Silk: Spider Society, had already been abandoned before reaching audiences.

Source: 3DJuegos