What Do We Know About the upcoming comic book series Spider-Noir? More thank you may think. The first Sony-produced television series as part of their Spider-man Universe, Spider-Noir, has many fans excited about what the series will be. We know some cool stuff about the upcoming series, from set photos to casting details. So, let’s jump in and discuss.
Nicolas Cage is not playing Peter Parker.
After voicing a version of the character in the animated films Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and Across The Spider-Verse, Nicolas Cage‘s casting as the Noir version excited people. To differentiate the project from the film adaptation and the various versions of Spider-Man’s alter ego, the series will present a different take on the Noir hero by making him someone other than the character played by Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, or Tobey Maguire in live-action. Who this Spider-Man’s alter ego is remains to be seen.
The series will be original stories not adapted from an existing comic book arc
While Spider-Man Noir has a history in the pages of Marvel Comics, the live-action series will draw inspiration rather than directly adopt one of the many arcs featured in the comic books. What the series will maintain is the setting of 1930s New York City, with the main character a grizzled, older private investigator who also happens to have the augmented powers associated with Spider-Man.
The series was meant to “reboot” Spider-Man for the small screen
While the creative team behind Spider-Noir includes Spider-Verse filmmakers Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, producer Amy Pascal brought them on board to create a suite of streaming series featuring Spider-Man-related characters whose rights Sony holds. Spider-Noir was developed by Oren Uziel, best known for writing or co-writing The Cloverfield Paradox, 22 Jump Street, and Fast XI. Uziel developed the series alongside co-showrunner Steve Lightfoot, who ran Netflix’s The Punisher. With Harry Bradbeer aboard to direct the first episodes, the series got underway in August 2024.
The series will consist of eight episodes
Reports have stated that disagreements regarding the budget of Spider-Noir may spell the end of Lord and Miller’s overall deal with Sony, which could jeopardize future Spider-Man projects on the small screen. The cost and production needs for a period story like this may account for why the show is only set to run for eight episodes and could determine whether we see more seasons in the future.
The cast includes many familiar faces
In addition to Cage making his live-action superhero return after playing Ghost Rider in two films, the series also includes Fargo Emmy-winner Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson, a familiar character from Spider-Man lore, and Brendan Gleeson as a New York mob boss. Gleeson will make his Marvel debut after a supporting role in the DC film Joker: Folie a Deux. Other cast members include Li Jun Li as a nightclub singer, Abraham Popoola as a World War I veteran, and Jack Huston as a bodyguard. We also have Amy Aquino, Andrew Robinson, Karen Rodriguez, Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice, Amanda Schull, and Andrew Caldwell in roles that have yet to be revealed. We don’t know who Kai Caster is playing, but his character is said to have “a special connection to a previously announced character.”
Set photos have revealed the look of the costume
Leaked photos over the last few months have shown the in-production series boasting Nicolas Cage wearing a 1930s-era suit and stunt performers dressed in the black mask, hat, and coat associated with the Spider-Noir character. Eagle-eyed fans have noticed Easter eggs in newspapers connecting to characters from Spider-Man mythology, but nothing concrete as to the plot of the series. Production was briefly halted due to the wildfires in the Los Angeles area, but had resumed as of January 19th.
Spider-Noir will debut in the second half of 2025
The series is set to premiere globally on MGM+, the streaming platform for the Amazon-owned studio, with the domestic release airing on Prime Video. With production slated to continue through February 2025, it seems unlikely we will see the series until late summer at the earliest, but more realistically, towards the end of next year.
Haas has said, “We filmed it in — I think it may come out in both black and white and color, but when we filmed it, the monitors were all black and white, so you got this feeling and it looked very, very authentic. To the point that I would actually go and look at the monitor and think I was looking at some older footage, but it was actually just a monitor of what was on the camera at the time. They did a beautiful job with the filters and all that stuff, making it look like genuine old 1930s, black and white film. But obviously, just the writing, and Nic is incredible. It’s just a really fun project and I cannot wait to see how it turns out.“
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