Nicolas Cage starrer Spider-Noir is all set to premiere on May 27 on Prime Video. The eight-episode series features Depression-era grime, fedoras, and fists. Cage plays Ben Reilly, a washed-up private eye dragged out of retirement by a city that refuses to let him rot in peace. Set in 1930s New York and shot in both black-and-white and color, this is the darkest Spider-Man story yet.
Spider-Noir strips the superhero genre down to its bones and dresses it in a trench coat. Forget spandex and skylines; this is Marvel through the lens of Raymond Chandler.
The stage is set for a 1930s New York soaked in shadow, jazz, and corruption. The show asks a simple, brutal question: What does a hero look like when the world has already chewed him up and spat him out?
Ben Reilly was once The Spider, the city's only masked defender. Then tragedy hit, and he walked away. Now he's a failing private investigator, scraping by on bad cases and worse whiskey.
When lounge singer Cat Hardy hires him to find a missing friend, the trail pulls him back into a world he swore he'd left behind, and toward enemies who never forgot him.
Nicolas Cage as Ben Reilly / The Spider: A retired private investigator forced back into the mask after a personal tragedy.
Li Jun Li as Cat Hardy: A reimagined Black Cat, here a nightclub singer with dangerous secrets who sets the plot in motion by hiring Reilly.
Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson: A journalist trying to make it in 1930s New York with the odds stacked against him.
Brendan Gleeson as Silvermane: The show's central villain, bringing considerable dramatic weight to the role.
Jack Huston as Flint Marko / Sandman: A classic Spider-Man villain reimagined for the noir setting.
Karen Rodriguez as Janet: A supporting role, adding another layer to Reilly's world.
Abraham Popoola, in a supporting role, is known for his work on Slow Horses. Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, and Amanda Schull are among the guest stars rounding out the ensemble.
Shot in both black-and-white and full color, Spider-Noir gives viewers a rare choice to watch it as a straight period noir or in vivid hues that bring 1930s New York to life. The dual-format release was partly Cage's own idea, and it gives the show a visual identity nothing else on television can match.
The character traces back to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, where Cage's hard-boiled Spider-Noir became a fan favourite. This series shares the same character but tells a completely separate story; no multiverse required.
The makers have already submitted the show for Emmy consideration before it has even aired, a signal that this is no ordinary superhero spin-off.