New SPIDER-NOIR Photos Reveal "The Spider," Black Cat, and More
Spider-Noir is stepping out of the shadows, and the latest batch of newly revealed stills gives fans a new look yet at Prime Video’s pulpy, rain-soaked take on the Marvel mythos.
The images spotlight Nicolas Cage’s weary Ben Reilly, the trenchcoat-and-fedora-clad vigilante known only as “The Spider,” and a new take on Black Cat.
Set in a gritty 1930s New York, Spider-Noir follows Ben Reilly, an aging private investigator who’s clearly seen better days. He’s broke, battered, and haunted by a former life as the city’s only masked hero.
The new stills show Cage looming over the city as The Spider, a name that’s now officially confirmed to replace Spider-Man in this universe. The photos also feature Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson and Li Jun Li as Cat Hardy, this world’s version of Black Cat.
The series is arriving this Spring and will be available to watch in both color and black-and-white. The images were revealed by Esquire, and while some Marvel fans remain cautious about Sony-led projects that don’t directly involve Marvel Studios, this one is shaping up to be something special.
The mood, the lighting, and the character designs feel carefully tuned to a very specific vision, and it’s working.
Nicolas Cage, who previously voiced Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, has been involved in shaping this version of Ben Reilly. Talking about the early days of the project, Cage explained how the concept first came together.
"I first met on this project with Oren [Uziel] a couple years ago at a place called Bottega Louie in downtown L.A. I was explaining what I had hoped, what my dream with this concept would be,"
He went on to describe the creative swing they were aiming for, blending classic Hollywood with Marvel iconography.
"We could take a 1930s film-noir style—meaning that manner of speaking, the Howard Hawks quick dialogue—and mash it into another icon in the Marvel realm, which would be the spider element. It would be like a Roy Lichtenstein collision of art appreciation. Oren loved the idea. But it wasn't something that we knew right off the bat necessarily would work for both of us."
That uncertainty didn’t fully lift until much later in the process.
"It wasn't until we went to the first read-through that I could tell the powers that be were very intrigued by it. It really wasn't 100 percent clear to me until I saw the eight episodes. I think we got there, as challenging as it felt at the time,"
Cage also talked about the performances that influenced his take on Reilly, leaning heavily into old-school crime cinema legends.
"I did look at [James] Cagney, and I looked at Edward G. Robinson. But when you watch [Humphrey] Bogart and you watch everybody around him, he almost seems like a cartoon character. The same thing happens here. But it's brilliant and you can't take your eyes off the guy. It's what makes him so compelling and charismatic. It almost seemed larger than life."
That slightly heightened, larger-than-life quality feels baked into the DNA of Spider-Noir, and the stills reflect that balance between grounded grit and comic-book flair.
The series is being run by co-showrunners Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot, with Harry Bradbeer directing and executive producing the first two episodes.
Cage is joined in the series Brendan Gleeson, Abraham Popoola, and Jack Huston. The supporting cast includes Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice, Amanda Schull, Andrew Caldwell, Amy Aquino, Andrew Robinson, Kai Caster, and Karen Rodriguez filling out the world.
Spider-Noir will premiere on the MGM+ linear channel in the U.S. before rolling out globally on Prime Video.
