Nicolas Cage Confirms Talks For Live-Action SPIDER-MAN NOIR Series
A few weeks ago it was reported that Nicolas Cage was in talks to star in Sony’s live-action Spider-Man Noir series, and it turns out that rumor is true.
Cage confirmed that there have been "conversations" about reprising his Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse role in live-action. Cage shared with Collider: "I can say that we have been talking. It's no secret that I love the character.” Cage also described the character as a "mash up of sorts," one that was inspired by Golden Age actors like Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, and Humphrey Bogart.
The actor said: "I can combine my favorite golden age performances — i.e. Robinson, Cagney, Bogart — with a character that is, I guess, widely considered [to be] Stan Lee's masterpiece. I see it as a kind of foray into a pop art mash up of, sort of, a [Jungian] Lichtenstein, mash up by way of Bogart and Cagney, but nothing's definitive yet. It's just conversation."
The project is being developed by The Punisher writer and producer Steve Lightfoot as the co-showrunner and he is joined by Oren Uziel, who is a writer on the project and will serve alongside Lightfoot as co-showrunner.
The series will be set in 1930s New York City, and it will follow the adventures of this fan-favorite Spider-Man variant that's ready to take on the criminal underworld in his signature noir style. It was previously reported that the show will be set in its own universe, and the main character will not be Peter Parker.
In this noir-inspired world, in the comics Peter Parker takes on the mantle of Spider-Man, but with a distinctively cool twist. Clad in a trench coat and fedora, Spider-Man Noir fights crime in the shadows of New York City, navigating a landscape filled with corruption and danger. The character's design and narrative draw heavily from the film noir genre, incorporating elements of detective fiction and a morally ambiguous atmosphere. Throughout his adventures, Spider-Man Noir confronts a rogues' gallery of villains.
I would love to see Cage star in the Spider-Man Noir series! He would be awesome! We’ll just have to wait and see if this is something that he’ll agree to do or pass on.