Spider-Noir: What You Need To Know About Prime Video's Spider-Verse Spin-off Show

At long last, after years of rumors and speculation, Sony's years-long effort to bring a Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse spin-off to the small screen is finally bearing fruit with Spider-Noir, a new live-action noir series focused on the hard-boiled detective Ben Reilly, played by Nicolas Cage. In this spin-off story, we'll be returning with Ben — who's known as The Spider and was introduced to the masses in animated form in Into the Spider-Verse — to his own universe to see what everyday life is like for this alternate version of Spider-Man.

While Sony's long-gestating attempt to create a cinematic universe out of Spider-Man villains crashed and burned after Morbius, Madame Web, and Kraven the Hunter all bombed hard at the box office, the studio still had an ace up its sleeve with its instant-classic movies. But even that hasn't been the smoothest journey. Before focusing on Spider-Noir, Sony spent years developing a series focused on the character Silk that would further explore the multi-dimensional Spider Society that was introduced in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. But development on Silk was ended after the 2023 writers' strike for fair wages, and Sony pivoted to Spider-Noir.

And now, finally, the Spider-Noir series is very real, and definitely happening. Let's take a look at what we know.

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Spider-Noir release date

Spider-Noir is a rare new series that's been licensed twice — for linear TV on the Amazon-owned MGM+, and for streaming on Prime Video. The series will first premiere its first episode on MGM+'s linear channel on May 25, and then the entire eight-episode run will drop all at once on Prime Video two days later on May 27.

Will Spider-Noir be in black and white?

Yes, the Spider-Noir series is true to its name by being a black-and-white series. But if you're the type of person who doesn't like black-and-white movies for some reason, you'll also have the option to watch a version that's in color. That version somewhat approximates the Technicolor look of early color films, though without the oversaturation that was typical at the time.

But you don't need to take our word for it, because you can compare the look of the two versions below.

Spider-Noir teaser trailer

This first teaser for Spider-Noir is light on plot, but heavy on action and Nic Cage-isms. Like the show itself will, this teaser comes in both black-and-white and color versions. We've embedded the black-and-white version below, and you can check out the color version here for comparison.

Spider-Noir first-look images

In addition to that first teaser, Amazon Studios has given us seven first-look images for the series, and we've got both the color and black-and-white versions of each one. Scroll through them below to compare.

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Spider-Noir potential storylines

Spider-Noir will follow an aging Ben Reilly, who quit his night job as The Spider years ago and now works only as a private detective. Now, a new case will force him to take up the Spider mantle once more. And we really don't know much else, even after seeing that trailer and reading Sony's plot synopsis: "Spider-Noir tells the story of Ben Reilly (Cage), an aging 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."

Despite all the vagueness, there's plenty that we can infer from the nature of the project. Spider-Noir is inspired by old noir films like The Maltese Falcon, so you can probably expect that Ben and co. will uncover some kind of dark conspiracy and learn about some bad stuff that will ultimately make them even more cynical than they were at the start of the story. Spider-Noir won't be a completely deadly serious show, as the teaser indicates it'll lean into Nic Cage's wackiness at least a bit.

Will Spider-Noir connect back to the Spider-Verse movies?

Unlike Into the Spider-Verse, the Spider-Noir series will take place mostly or entirely within Noir's own home universe — a place where we aren't likely to find other Spider-People or any other Marvel heroes. Since Noir has apparently not been actively operating as Spider-Man for many years at the start of the series, it may even take place before those movies. So it's doubtful that there will be any major story connections between the show and the movies, but cameos by movie characters and references to the greater Spider-Verse seem extremely likely. And despite Spider-Noir being a Marvel series, there could be some Batman jokes, since Noir is similar to the original version of the World's Greatest Detective.

Spider-Noir cast and crew

The showrunners on Spider-Noir are Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot. You may remember Lightfoot as the creator/showrunner on the excellent Punisher series, which was one of the best of Netflix's slate of Marvel shows.

In the cast, Nic Cage will be joined by series regulars Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Jack Huston, Brendan Gleeson, Karen Rodriguez, and Abraham Popoola. Richard Robichaux will play the editor of the Daily Bugle — we don't know whether he'll be a variant of J Jonah Jameson or be completely different.

Spider-Noir cast list

• Nicolas Cage as The Spider/Ben Reilly
• Lamorne Morris as reporter Robbie Robertson
• Li Jun Li as Cat Hardy
• Jack Huston as Flint Marko / The Sandman
• Brendan Gleeson as Silvermane
• Karen Rodriguez as Reilly's assistant investigator
• Abraham Popoola
• Lukas Haas as somebody who works for Silvermane
• Richard Robichaux as editor of the Daily Bugle

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