Prime Video’s upcoming live-action Spider-Noir series brings Nicolas Cage back to the Spider-Verse as an older, jaded Ben Reilly, reimagined as a Depression-era private investigator. Set in a gritty noir New York, the show offers both “Authentic Black & White” and “True-Hue Full Color” versions, with all eight episodes releasing on May 27, 2026.
Before Spider-Punk, aka Hobie Brown, took over the title as the coolest Spider-Man in Sony's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Spider-Noir was arguably the most intriguing Spider-Man ever adapted on screen. He's all 1930’s black and white, even after shifting into a colourful world, wears a trench coat twenty-four seven, and even has air blowing around him for that mysterious aura in the middle of a basement. Not to mention his pet Rubik’s Cube. It was only a matter of time till we got a spinoff on him. And boy, we are.
A live-action series about the detective superhero will drop on Prime Video next month, starring none other than Nicolas Cage as the depressing titular character. Not only that, there are two versions of the show: one in "Authentic Black & White" to keep with the world of our characters and another in a super-saturated "True-Hue Full Color", as follows:
In case you don't remember his intro from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Noir is a Depression-era spin on the character from the Marvel Noir alternate universe, where all your popular Marvel heroes are reimagined in the gritty, film noir lens that became popular during the period. According to the comics, in this universe, Peter Parker investigates a smuggling ring when he is bitten by a spider inside a spider-god idol. Initially, the black and white spider goes full Batman mode as the brooding vigilante waging a war against the gangs of New York City, ultimately taking on larger villains until he fights Nazi Germany during World War II.
Now here's an interesting thing: the Spider-Noir that Nic Cage voiced in Into the Spider-Verse was also Peter Parker playing Spidey. In fact, in the comics, Ben Reilly is a different Spider-Man altogether. He is a clone of Peter made by the villain Jackal. Initially meant to fight Peter, over time, he becomes Spidey's ally. In the comics, he is known as the Scarlet Spider.
For the show, however, the makers decided that the themes would be too grim to have Peter as the protagonist, what with his reputation as a friendly neighbourhood crime-fighting high-schooler. So the next best option: retcon the events a little and introduce his clone.
As for whether we’ll get to see Peter Parker in the show, we’ll only know after the show is out.
From what we know, Nicholas Cage’s Spider-Man is an older, jaded private investigator who has retired from his web–swinging life after a personal tragedy. Of course, the quiet life is not for him, and a new case requires him to return as Spider-Noir.
Said case might also include the Sinister Six, Spider-Man’s famous hall of villains. Here, it includes Brendan Gleeson as the immortality-obsessed Silvermane, Jack Huston as Sandman, Joe Massingill as Electro, Jack Mikesell as the pyrokinetic James Addison, and Abraham Popoola as Tombstone. There is also a blink-and-you-miss appearance of Man-spider (wait, wasn't Man-spider appearing in Spiderman: Brand New Day?), but his cast has not been confirmed yet.
Supporting cast includes Karen Rodriguez as Reilly's assistant, Janet, Lamorse Morris as the journalist Robbie Robertson and Li Jun Li as the femme fatale Cat Hardy.
Both the black-and-white and true-hue versions of Spider-Noir will be available on streaming on Prime Video from May 27, 2026, with all eight episodes dropping at once.