Oscar winner Nicolas Cage shared a brand new update about the forthcoming live-action Spider-Man Noir series. Cage first played the Spider-Man variant in the 2018 animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Besides starring Prime Video series, Cage is expected to once again lend his voice to the character in the upcoming Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.
“The series tells the story of an aging and down-on-his-luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero,” reads the official logline.
How many episodes will the Spider-Man Noir series get?
During a recent interview, Cage confirmed that the upcoming Noir series will officially have eight 45-minute-long episodes. This marks the acclaimed actor’s first major scripted TV project, following his first TV appearance in 1981’s The Best of Times pilot.
“Forty-five minutes. I mean, it’s eight episodes. So it’s the equivalent of four movies in five months,” Cage told The New Yorker.
Last May, Noir received an official series order from Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios. It is expected to make its debut domestically on MGM+, and globally on Prime Video. Based on the Marvel character created by David Hine, Fabrice Sapolsky and Carmine Di Giandomenico, the live-action adaptation is executive produced by Oren Uziel, Steve Lightfoot, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal, with Uziel and Lightfoot serving as co-showrunners. The first two episodes will be directed and executive produced by Emmy winner Harry Bradbeer.
“Expanding the Marvel universe with Noir is a uniquely special opportunity, and we are honored to bring this series to our global Prime Video customers,” Amazon boss Vernon Sanders said in a previous statement when the series was first announced. “The extremely talented Nicolas Cage is an ideal choice for our new superhero, and the accomplished producing team with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, and the incredible team at Sony is dedicated to expanding this franchise in the most authentic way.”
