SPIDER-NOIR Star Hints at Black-and-White Release for Nicolas Cage-Led Series
Lukas Haas just dropped an interesting detail about Spider-Noir, the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios series starring Nicolas Cage. In an interview with ComingSoon, Haas revealed that the show, while set to release in color, might also get a black-and-white version.
“It was just an incredible project,” Haas said. “Everybody involved was amazing. Brendan Gleeson, he plays my boss. Just getting to, to do that noir thing. It was very genuine film noir, the way they filmed it, like the long shadows.”
Haas went on to explain that while filming, the monitors displayed everything in black and white, immersing the cast and crew in the 1930s-inspired look.
“We filmed it in—I think it may come out in both black and white and color, but when we filmed it, the monitors were all black and white, so you got this feeling and it looked very, very authentic. To the point that I would actually go and look at the monitor and think I was looking at some older footage, but it was actually just a monitor of what was on the camera at the time.
“They did a beautiful job with the filters and all that stuff, making it look like genuine old 1930s, black and white film. But obviously, just the writing, and Nic is incredible. It’s just a really fun project and I cannot wait to see how it turns out.”
The series will follow 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.”
This show will bring “a fresh twist to the Spider-Man saga with their upcoming show. Breaking from tradition, this series will feature Nicolas Cage as Ben Reilly, rather than the iconic Peter Parker."
Another description of the series reads: "We follow Ben Reilly, a PI, as he stumbles down a rabbit hole of corruption in 1933 New York City, while also establishing his past as a superhero.
“Reilly investigates the death of Edward Addison, which leads him to discover that the Mayor is up to something nefarious that involves crime boss Silvermane and femme fatale Yuri Watanabe."
Alongside Cage and Haas, the cast includes Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Li Jun Li, Abraham Popoola, Jack Huston, Karen Rodriguez, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice, Amanda Schull, Andrew Caldwell, Amy Aquino, and Andrew Robinson.
With the possibility of a black-and-white presentation, this could be a visually striking addition to the Spider-Man multiverse. And with Cage in the lead, you know it’s going to be something special.