Spider-Noir

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Spider-Noir
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Developed by
Showrunners
  • Oren Uziel
  • Steve Lightfoot
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Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
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Executive producers
Production location Los Angeles
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Original release
Network MGM+
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SSU TV series

Spider-Noir is an upcoming American television series developed by Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot for MGM+, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man Noir. It is intended to be the first television series part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU). The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television, Lord Miller, Pascal Pictures, and Amazon MGM Studios, with Uziel and Lightfoot serving as showrunners. It follows Spider-Man Noir, an aging private investigator and superhero in an alternate version of 1930s New York City grappling with his past life.

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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, and Abraham Popoola also starring. The series was revealed to be in development in February 2023, along with Uziel's involvement, with Lightfoot hired that December. The series was ordered in May 2024, titled Noir, with Cage's casting also confirmed. Its title was changed to Spider-Noir that July. Filming began by August 2024 in Los Angeles.

Spider-Noir is set to debut on MGM+.

Premise

Spider-Noir follows an aging down on the luck private investigator in 1930s New York City who is grappling with his past life as the only superhero in the city. [1]

Cast and characters

Production

Development

Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tony Vinciquerra stated in March 2019 that Sony's shared universe of Spider-Man–related properties, [7] known as Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU), [8] 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. [7] After their work on Sony's animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Phil Lord and Christopher Miller signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television in April 2019 to develop several 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. [9] The intention was for Lord and Miller to reboot the Spider-Man property for television. [10] 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. [11]

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, all of whom serve as executive producers, with Uziel writing the series. [2] 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. [12] Amazon officially ordered and titled the series Noir in May 2024, when Harry Bradbeer joined to direct and executive produce the first two episodes. [1] Dan Shear, the EVP and head of television at Lord Miller, was also set to produce. [13] That July, the series was retitled Spider-Noir in order to better highlight its connections to the Spider-Man universe. [3] 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. [10] The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television, Lord Miller, Pascal Pictures, and Amazon MGM Studios. [2] [1]

Writing

Spider-Noir is set in an alternate world based on 1930s New York City, [2] [1] with Sony Pictures Television president Katherine Pope describing the series as a reimagining of the Spider-Man Noir character in the SSU. [1] 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. [2] 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. [14] [15]

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. [14] Cage was in talks for the role by February 2024, [16] and was confirmed to star by May. [1] In July 2024, several actors were cast in the series, including Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson, [3] Brendan Gleeson in an undisclosed villain role, [4] Li Jun Li, [5] and Abraham Popoola. [6]

Filming

Principal photography had begun by mid-August 2024 in Los Angeles, [17] [13] using the working title Old Fashioned. [13]

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. [18]

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