Nicolas Cage to swing onto the small screen in live-action Spider-Noir series

We can't wait to see him close off his feelings so he doesn't get crippled by the moral ambiguity of his violent actions!

This sounds like a pretty hardcore origin story. 

On Tuesday, MGM and Prime Video announced at its upfront presentation that they’ve ordered a live-action Spider-Man Noir series starring Nicolas Cage. The move comes six years after Cage first voiced the monochromatic and extra dramatic webslinger in the 2018 film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. 

Noir centers around a down-on-his-luck private investigator (Cage) living in New York City in the 1930s who must confront his past in order to protect the city’s future as its only superhero. Spider-Noir previously gave a glimpse into life in his universe in Into the Spider-Verse, revealing, “It’s 1933 and I’m a private eye. I like to drink egg creams and I like to fight Nazis. A lot. “

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Oren Uziel (The Lost City, 22 Jump Street) and Steve Lightfoot (Marvel’s The Punisher, Shantaram) will serve as co-showrunners and executive producers on Noir, which they developed alongside Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse's Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal, who will also serve as executive producers. Harry Bradbeer (Fleabag, Killing Eve) is also attached to direct and executive produce the series’ first two episodes.

“Expanding the Marvel universe with Noir is a uniquely special opportunity and we are honored to bring this series to our global Prime Video customers,” Amazon MGM Studios’ Head of Television Vernon Sanders said in a press release. “The extremely talented Nicolas Cage is an ideal choice for our new superhero and the accomplished producing team with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, and the incredible team at Sony is dedicated to expanding this franchise in the most authentic way.”

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President Sony Pictures Television Studios president Katherine Pope added that they were “absolutely thrilled to have Nicolas Cage starring in this series!” She continued, “No one else could bring such pathos, pain, and heart to this singular character. Along with our brilliant producers and partners at Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video, we couldn't ask for a better team to explore this reimagining of such an iconic character in Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters.”

A release date for Noir has not been announced, but the series will debut domestically on MGM+ and globally on Prime Video.

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