We return to Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, well an alternate universe within the SSU, with Spider-Noir in Nicolas Cage first ever lead role in a television series. The entire season releases this May on MGM+ and a few days later on Prime.
Ben Reilly, an aging, down on his luck private investigator, grapples with his past life as the only superhero in 1930s New York City, the Spider. When an exceptional case comes his way, Reilly must become the Spider once more.
The series was developed by Oren Uziel, who also served as showrunner along with Steve Lightfoot. Uziel also wrote the first and last episodes of the season. Lightfoot, Christopher Chen, Megan Liao, Tori Sampson, Jennifer Frazin, Jack Henderson, and Bruce Marshall Romans also served as writers. Harry Bradbeer as well as Nzingha Stewart served as directors. Spider-Noir was produced by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal who produced Cage’s first appearance as the noir character in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Cage stars as Ben Reilly / The Spider along with Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson, Li Jun Li as Cat Hardy, Karen Rodriguez as Janet, Abraham Popoola as Lonnie Lincoln / Tombstone, Jack Huston as Flint Marko / Sandman, and Brendan Gleeson as Silvermane.
Spider-man Noir was created by writers David Hine and Fabrice Sapolsky, artists Carmine Di Giandomenico and Marko Djurdjević based on Spider-Man, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. His first appearance came February 2009 in Spider-Man: Noir #1 from Marvel Comics.
Setting itself apart from other television shows today, Spider-Noir will be released in both color and black-and-white versions. The eight-episode series will release in its entirety on May 25, 2026 only on MGM+ in the United States and Prime on May 27 globally.
