A Live-Action SPIDER-MAN NOIR Series Is in the Works at Amazon Studios
I’ve got some exciting news to share with all you Spider-Man fans! Amazon Studios’ web of Spider-Man projects just got even bigger with the spectacular news of a live-action series that will center on none other than Spider-Man Noir! Yes! According to Variety, a live-action Spider-Man Noir series is currently in the works, and I, for one, am excited about it!
The series will be set in the 1930s as we follow the adventures of this Spider-Man variant that's ready to take on the criminal underworld in his signature noir style. We've already seen Nicolas Cage voice the shadowy hero in the critically acclaimed animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but it’s going to be interesting to see the Noir Spider-Man swing into action in live-action.
Spider-Man Noir isn’t the only project in development as Amazon is also currently developing shows for Silk: Spider Society. President of Sony Pictures Television Studios Katherine Pope recently talked about the future of the Spider-Man universe shows and how they are a huge focus for them. She said:
"It's a huge focus certainly for all of us here, and for me in particular. I was already a fan of Angela Kang, so I'm really, really excited to be working with her on Silk. She's just brilliant and a total pro.
"This is also an example of working really closely with Tom Rothman and Sanford Panitch, and the motion picture group, to make sure that we are in lockstep with them and also executing at the same level. They've done such an incredible job with that franchise, so we want to make sure we're executing at that level."
This alternate version of Spider-Man was introduced in “a version of New York during the Great Depression. While investigating a smuggling ring, Peter Parker is bitten by what seems to be a highly-venomous spider housed inside a spider-god idol. Falling unconscious, Parker has a vision of the spider-god promising him power. He then awakes inside a cocoon and emerges from it, now possessing super-human abilities similar to a spider. As the feared vigilante "the Spider-Man," Parker wages a one-man war against the criminal underworld in New York City, partly to avenge the deaths of his uncle Ben Parker and his mentor Ben Urich at the hands of the city's major crime lord, Norman Osborn. After Osborn's defeat, Spider-Man Noir continues his vigilante life for years and opposes the forces of Nazi Germany even before the United States enters World War II. In contrast to the Peter Parker of mainstream Marvel continuity, Spider-Man Noir initially uses brutal and lethal force against his enemies and later struggles with the moral implications of this.”
This live-action Spider-Man Noir series has the potential to be awesome! I just hope they bring on the right creative team to do it right.