Along with two upcoming Spider-Man films being slated for 2026 and 2027, respectively, followers of Marvel Comics’ web-slinger can sit up for a a lot completely different model of the character getting the live-action remedy on TV. The black-and-white Spider-Noir stars Nicholas Cage as a down-on-his-luck non-public investigator in Nineteen Thirties New York Metropolis who as soon as fought crime as Spider-Man. A key element about this forthcoming MGM+ sequence has been cleared up, and whereas I’m happy about that, now there’s one other thriller on my thoughts.
Let’s begin with that key element first. Due to a poster that was proven off at CCPX (through Omelete), we now know that Nicholas Cage just isn’t enjoying Peter Parker in Spider-Noir, however moderately Ben Reilly. That title won’t sound acquainted should you’re solely an off-the-cuff Spidey fan, however longtime Marvel Comics readers and followers of Spider-Man: The Animated Sequence know him as a clone of Peter Parker. Though there was a interval within the comics when Ben served as the primary Spider-Man, he’s higher identified for being Scarlet Spider, though nowadays he’s the supervillain Chasm. Ben in his Scarlet Spider type was voiced by Andy Samberg in Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse.
Though Peter Parker is historically the Spider-Man of Earth-90214, a.okay.a. the Marvel Noir universe, within the comics, and that remained the case when Nicholas Cage voiced Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, I’m not shocked about this identification shift for Spider-Noir. Even ignoring all of the rumors of Ben Reilly’s inclusion, I believe that Sony Photos can be protecting about Peter getting used. Given how completely different Spider-Man Noir appears to be like suited up, plus how Nicolas Cage’s model of the character presumably has a considerably completely different backstory, maybe the corporate determined it will be too complicated to common viewers to additionally name him Peter Parker.
I don’t essentially agree with that call if that’s certainly what occurred, however Spider-Noir’s lead being known as Ben Reilly isn’t a dealbreaker for me. Whereas it will be nice to see a extra trustworthy live-action model of Ben together with his clone background intact sometime, I nonetheless plan on watching this black-and-white sequence at any time when it’s launched. Now right here’s the subsequent large query I’m eager about: how is Nicolas Cage going to look within the sequence?
We nonetheless have but to see the live-action Spider-Man Noir unmasked and in civilian apparel. Will Ben Reilly simply appear to be regular ol’ Nicolas Cage, or will the actor’s face be made as much as look completely different. Perhaps work was achieved to present Cage a extra hard-boiled look to make him look much more like a hard-boiled investigator? Once more, I’ll be wonderful both approach, however it will be attention-grabbing to see if Cage was recreation to have his look altered even when he’s not masked up.
He’s joined in Spider-Noir by Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson (who’s reportedly enjoying the primary villain), Li Jun Li, Abraham Popoola, Jack Huston and Karen Rodriguez, amongst others. The sequence, consisting of eight episodes, will first debut on MGM+ in the USA someday on the 2026 TV schedule, after which will develop into accessible to stream globally with an Amazon Prime Video subscription.
