A new set of images and plot details for Amazon’s live-action Spider-Noir series starring Nicolas Cage has been revealed by Esquire. The series is a direct spin-off of the alternate Spider-Man universes first established in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Spider-Noir will be about Spider-Noir investigating the repeated assassination attempts on Silvermane.
Here are the plot details for the Spider-Noir series:
The story of Spider-Noir focuses on a gangland boss known as Silvermane, played by Brendan Gleeson, who has been the subject of repeated assassination attempts. Maybe that’s just one of the hazards of his business, or maybe there’s a broader scheme at play. Reilly starts to believe something’s amiss when an arsonist suspected of setting a blaze at Silvermane’s mansion reveals he can spark fire from his hands. Then Reilly runs afoul of hired muscle named Flint Marko (Jack Huston), who invites him to go pound sand—also known as engaging in fisticuffs.
In the show, Ben Reilly will be referred to as “The Spider” in Spider-Noir instead of Spider-Man.
“There were several reasons for the Ben Reilly change-up. The main one was the nature of noir storytelling itself.”
Nicolas Cage says that his character in Spider-Noir is “70 percent Humphrey Bogart and 30 percent Bugs Bunny.” He added in this first of two separate Spider-Noir first looks, “I was basically Mel Blanc doing Bogart, with that sarcastic sense of humor. But it’s 100 percent me.”
Chris Miller explained the difference between the movie version of Peter Parker and Spider-Noir:
“This character is very different from the Peter Parker in the movies. He’s older and jaded, and not afraid to drunkenly punch a guy in the face.”
Spider-Noir Cast Details:
- Nicolas Cage as Ben Reilly / The Spider – An older, grizzled version of Spider-Man, a down-on-his-luck private investigator and superhero from an alternate 1930s New York City.
- Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson – A hard-working journalist pursuing riskier stories to advance his career.
- Brendan Gleeson as Silvermane – A New York mob boss described as philosophical yet extremely dangerous.
- Li Jun Li as Cat Hardy – A nightclub singer in New York.
- Abraham Popoola as a World War I veteran searching for an opportunity to get ahead.
- Jack Huston as Flint Marko – A bodyguard.
- Karen Rodriguez as Janet – Reilly’s secretary.
- Lukas Haas as a subordinate of the New York mob boss.
- Cameron Britton (role undisclosed)
- Cary Christopher (role undisclosed)
- Michael Kostroff (role undisclosed)
- Scott MacArthur (role undisclosed)
- Joe Massingill (role undisclosed)
- Whitney Rice (role undisclosed)
- Amanda Schull (role undisclosed)
- Andrew Lewis Caldwell (role undisclosed)
- Amy Aquino (role undisclosed)
- Andrew Robinson (role undisclosed)
Oren Uziel (22 Jump Street) and Steve Lightfoot (The Punisher) serve as co-showrunners and executive producers on Spider-Noir. The series also brings in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse creators Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Amy Pascal as executive producers. Harry Bradbeer will direct the first two episodes while also serving as an executive producer, with Pascal producing through her company, Pascal Pictures.
Produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios, with Lord and Miller currently under an overall deal at Sony.
Spider-Noir will premiere on MGM+’s linear channel in the U.S. and will then stream worldwide on Amazon Prime Video this spring.
