Amazon and MGM+ just shared a first official look at Nicolas Cage as the trench-coated, web-slinging vigilante in the upcoming Spider-Noir serie, the live aciton version of the character looks pretty cool!
It features the character striking a signature Spider-Man pose in a sleek black-and-white still that could have leapt straight out of the comic panels or Into the Spider-Verse, and it’s a big stylistic swing. I love the black and white syle.
According to cast member Lukas Haas, “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.”
Cage’s Spider-Noir isn’t your typical friendly neighborhood superhero. This version of the character is described as “an ageing and down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero.”
The series is said to focus on Ben Reilly rather than Peter Parker, which a notable shift from the comics. That might be Sony’s way of sidestepping the Tom Holland/Peter Parker territory over in the MCU.
The series is led by co-showrunners Oren Uziel (Mortal Kombat) and Steve Lightfoot (The Punisher), with the first two episodes directed and executive produced by Fleabag’s Harry Bradbeer.
The supporting cast includes Lamorne Morris, who will play Robbie Robertson, joined by Brendan Gleeson, Abraham Popoola, Li Jun Li, Jack Huston, Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, and more.
Whether Spider-Noir can help restore faith in Sony’s Spider-Verse after a string of letdowns like Madame Web, Morbius, and Kraven, remains to be seen. But with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller leading the charge as producers, there’s hope it will deliver somthing great.
With a brooding Cage in the lead and a noir-soaked vibe unlike any Spider-Man story we’ve seen before, this might just be the shot of pulp superhero storytelling we didn’t know we needed.
What do you think of this first look?
