Spider Noir is Amazon’s upcoming live-action Spider Man TV series featuring Nicolas Cage’s Spider-Man Noir character, a breakout hit in Sony’s Spider-Verse animated films. Without a doubt, Spider-Man Noir is now a mainstream character thanks to Cage’s performance in the Oscar-winning film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; However, Cage wasn’t the first critically acclaimed actor to portray Spider-Man Noir on screen!

Who played Spider-Man Noir before Nic Cage?

This is us And Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia voiced an animated version of Spider-Man Noir in the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series (2012-2017). He was featured in the multi-episode season 3 storyline “The Spider-Verse (Pt. 2)”, where he both eliminated Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Drake Bell) from the “Prime Universe” and teamed up with Peter Parker/Spider Man (Drake Bell). Spider-Man Noir was part of a coalition of Spider-Man variants (Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Girl, Spider-Ham, Spyder-Knight, Miles Morales) who are targeted by Norman Osborn/Green Goblin for their DNA to have it stolen. so Norman can become the ‘Spider-Goblin’. The animated version of the story was based on the Spider-Man comics at the time, and at the same time formed the basis for the Spider-Verse concept, which would receive a blockbuster film adaptation a few years later.

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Ventimiglia’s Spider-Man Noir was a major nerd Easter egg when it arrived Ultimate Spider-Man – but ironically, that more comic-accurate version (of a ‘Noir Universe’ modeled after 1930s Film Noir) will now be the subject viewers see in this live-action Spider Noir series. Thanks to Nic Cage’s comedic quirks, fans already believe in the strange cadences and mannerisms of Spider-Man/Peter Parker Noir – if Amazon MGM Studios can sell them on that whole world, Sony’s live-action Spider-Verse franchise is taking a crucial step moving forward, as Spider-Noir is the first (and most high-profile) TV series in Sony’s Spider-Man universe, in which projects (Silk: Spider Society) have already died in development.

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Spider Noir will co-star Lamorne Morris (New girl) as Robbie Robertson; Additional cast members include Lukas Haas (Commencement), Cameron Britton (Mindhunter), Cary Christopher (Days of our lives), Michael Kostroff (Luke Cage), Scott MacArthur (The righteous gems), Joe Massingill (Barry), Whitney Rice (Jury duty), and Amanda Schull (To take) in recurring roles.

Emmy Award-winning director Harry Bradbeer (Flea bag, kill Eva) is directing the series and will produce the first two episodes. Ears Uziel (The Lost City, 22 Jump Street) and Steve Lightfoot (Marvel’s The Punisher, Shantaram), serve as co-showrunners and executive producers and developed the series with the Academy Award-winning team behind it Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal.

Spider Noir is currently in production. The film will air on MGM+ in 2025.