Nicolas Cage will return as Spider-Man Noir, a role he played in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, in the upcoming live-action MGM+ series. Cage will play an “aging and down on his luck private investigator”
“We are absolutely thrilled to have Nicolas Cage starring in this series! 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,” said Katherine Pope, president of Sony Pictures Television Studios.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, as well as film producer and former Sony Chairperson of the Motion Pictures Group Amy Pascal, are also set to executive produce, as the trio developed the series with Uziel.
It was revealed last year that the series will take place in an alternate 1930s New York City and will focus on an older and more experienced hero. Showrunners for the upcoming series will be Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot.
When was Spider-Man Noir created?
Spider-Man Noir first appeared in 2009 as part of Marvel Comics’ Marvel Noir line of stories, which reimagined Marvel characters as crime noir characters in the era of the Great Depression.
The character went on to appear in various other mediums, including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — where he was played by Nicholas Cage — the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series, and the 2010 video game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, where he’s played by Christopher Daniel Barnes.
