SPIDER-NOIR Trailer Unleashes Nicolas Cage’s Gritty Marvel Detective in a 1930s Mystery
The first trailer for Spider-Noir has arrived, and it drops us straight into a rain-soaked 1930s New York where shadows stretch long and justice comes with a trench coat and a fedora.
This live-action Marvel series from Sony Pictures Television swings onto MGM+ and Prime Video this spring, expanding the Spider-Verse in a way that feels completely different from what we’ve seen before.
This time, Nicolas Cage steps into the role of Ben Reilly, not Peter Parker. He isn’t even called Spider-Man. In this world, he’s simply known as “The Spider.” And if the trailer is any indication, he’s carrying a lot more than just a web shooter.
The show spins out of the alternate universes first introduced in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but it leans hard into the noir aesthetic.
The footage is drenched in mood, with Cage’s Reilly working as a private investigator pulled into a mystery that seems destined to drag him back into a life he tried to leave behind. There’s crime, corruption, and that old-school detective grit that feels ripped from pulp fiction.
The official synopsis reads: “Spider-Noir is a live-action series based on the Marvel comic Spider-Man Noir. Spider-Noir tells the story of Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage), a seasoned, down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life, following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city’s one and only superhero.”
Prime Video’s press release digs even deeper into who this version of Ben Reilly is: “Back in the day, Ben Reilly was the superhero known as The Spider. After a personal tragedy, he stepped away from his heroic alter ego. Only an extraordinary case could call this down-on-his-luck private investigator to drop the ordinary man act and put his mask back on.”
That hook alone sets up a character study wrapped inside a crime thriller. Cage already voiced the Spider-Man Noir variant in the animated Spider-Verse films, but this is something else entirely. It’s grounded, live-action, and built around a hero who isn’t exactly at the top of his game.
The cast around Cage is solid. Lamorne Morris plays Robbie Robertson, Li Jun Li takes on Cat Hardy, Karen Rodriguez plays Janet, Jack Huston steps in as Flint Marko, also known as Sandman, and Brendan Gleeson plays the crime boss Silvermane.
One cool detail that sets this series apart is that it will be available in both black-and-white and color. That choice alone shows the creative team is committed to embracing the pulp-inspired DNA of the Spider-Man Noir comics while still giving viewers options.
The first two episodes are directed by Harry Bradbeer, who also serves as an executive producer. He’s joined by co-showrunners Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot, along with executive producers Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal.
Spider-Noir premieres on MGM+ on May 25, 2026, before launching globally on Prime Video on May 27. This looks really cool!