# Spider-Noir

Spider-Noir is an upcoming American television series developed by showrunners Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot for MGM+, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man Noir. The series follows an aging private investigator and superhero in an alternate version of 1930s New York City grappling with his past life. Produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with Lord Miller Productions, Pascal Pictures, and Amazon MGM Studios, it is intended to be part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU).
Nicolas Cage stars as Spider-Man Noir, after voicing a version of the character in Sony's animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), with Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Li Jun Li, Abraham Popoola, Jack Huston, and Karen Rodriguez also starring. The series was revealed to be in development in February 2023 with Uziel involved, and Lightfoot was hired that December. Cage's casting was confirmed in May 2024 when the series was ordered and titled Noir before it was retitled Spider-Noir that July. Filming took place in Los Angeles from August 2024 to March 2025, using black-and-white cameras to capture the series' film noir style.
Spider-Noir is set to debut on MGM+ and will consist of eight episodes.

## Premise

An aging, down on his luck private investigator grapples with his past life as the only superhero in 1930s New York City.

## Cast and characters
### Starring

* Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man Noir: An older, grizzled version of Spider-Man who is a down on his luck private investigator and superhero from an alternate world based on 1930s New York City
* Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson: A hard-working journalist who pursues riskier stories to garner attention and progress his career
* Brendan Gleeson as a New York mob boss. Gleeson described the character as a philosopher with "a drone-eye view" who is equally dangerous.
* Li Jun Li as a singer at a nightclub in New York
* Abraham Popoola as a World War I veteran who is searching for an "opportunity to get ahead"
* Jack Huston as a bodyguard
* Karen Rodriguez

### Recurring

* Lukas Haas as a subordinate of the New York mob boss
Other actors cast in undisclosed recurring roles are Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice, Amanda Schull, Andrew Caldwell, Amy Aquino, and Andrew Robinson.

### Guest

* Kai Caster as an individual who has a "special connection" to another character in the series

## Production
### Development

Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tony Vinciquerra stated in March 2019 that Sony's shared universe of Spider-Man–related properties, known as Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU), would be expanding to television with a set of Marvel Comics projects developed by Sony Pictures Television. The studio was "essentially internally auditioning" characters from the 900 it could access to decide which medium they would appear in. After their work on Sony's animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Phil Lord and Christopher Miller signed their production company Lord Miller Productions to an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television in April 2019 to develop multiple television series for the studio, including their Marvel-based series, which could potentially include characters from Into the Spider-Verse as well as live-action properties. Select projects would be produced in conjunction with Amy Pascal, a frequent producer of the Spider-Man films, with the intention for Lord and Miller to reboot the Spider-Man property for television. By September 2020, Sony was in talks with Amazon Prime Video for the latter to be the streaming distributor for Sony's "suite" of Marvel-based television series.
Sony Pictures Television was revealed in February 2023 to be developing a television series based on the Spider-Man Noir character for MGM+ and Prime Video. Oren Uziel developed the series with Lord, Miller, and Pascal, who all serve as executive producers, with Uziel writing the series. In December, Amazon hired Steve Lightfoot, who previously served as showrunner of Marvel Television's Netflix series The Punisher (2017–2019), to serve as co-showrunner and an executive producer alongside Uziel. Amazon officially ordered and titled the series Noir in May 2024, when Harry Bradbeer joined to direct and executive produce the first two episodes. Pavlina Hatoupis as well as Lord Miller president Aditya Sood and Dan Shear, the EVP and head of television, also executive produce the series, which is produced by Sony Pictures Television, Lord Miller, Pascal Pictures, and Amazon MGM Studios. The series was retitled Spider-Noir to better highlight its connections to the Spider-Man universe that July, when it was revealed to consist of eight 45-minute long episodes. Lesley Goldberg of Puck News reported in August 2024 that Sony was not expected to renew its overall deal with Lord and Miller after the duo disagreed with the studio on the series' budget. By the end of 2024, Sony was reported to no longer be developing further films for its franchise at that time and was instead focusing on other projects, such as Spider-Noir.

### Writing

Spider-Noir is set in an alternate world based on 1930s New York City, with Sony Pictures Television president Katherine Pope describing the series as a reimagining of the Spider-Man Noir character in the SSU. Upon the reveal of the series' development, Variety reported that it would be set in its own universe and that the series would focus on a different main character rather than Peter Parker, who is the identity of Spider-Man Noir in the comics. Miller said in May 2023 that development, along with the writers' room, was put on hold because of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike that began earlier that month, and that work would resume after the strike concluded; the writers' strike ended in late September 2023.

### Casting

Lord and Miller said in May 2023 that there was potential for Nicolas Cage to portray Spider-Man Noir in the series after he previously voiced a version of the character in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Cage was in talks for the role by February 2024, and was confirmed to star by May. In July 2024, several actors were cast in the series, including Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson, Brendan Gleeson in an undisclosed villain role, Li Jun Li, and Abraham Popoola. Gleeson's casting was confirmed in September, when Jack Huston and Karen Rodriguez joined the cast as series regulars. Also that month, Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice, and Amanda Schull were all cast in undisclosed recurring roles, with Haas's character working for Gleeson's. Andrew Caldwell was cast to recur in the series in November, followed by Amy Aquino and Andrew Robinson joining in February 2025, and the next month, Kai Caster had joined for a guest role, which was said to be connected to another character in the series.

### Design

Trayce Field served as the costume designer, after previously designing the Prowler supersuit worn by Donald Glover for a live-action sequence in the animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

### Filming

Principal photography had begun by August 2024 in Los Angeles, using the working title Old Fashioned, with Darran Tiernan serving as the cinematographer. Gleeson had begun filming some of his scenes by the start of October. Filming was temporarily suspended due to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires, and it was initially scheduled to last until February 2025; filming had concluded by mid-March. The production used black-and-white cameras and filters during filming to capture the authentic style of early 1930s noir films, such as featuring long shadows.

## Release

Spider-Noir is set to debut in the United States on MGM+ before releasing globally, including in the United States, on Amazon Prime Video. The series will consist of eight episodes. Haas believed by March 2025 that both a black-and-white and a fully colored version of the series would be released.