Nicolas Cage says his new live-action series “Spider-Noir” will offer viewers a distinctive experience, with the option to watch it in black and white – “like an old movie” – or in highly saturated color, designed to increase visual intensity.
According to Reuters, he hopes the noir presentation will appeal to younger audiences who may be less familiar with black-and-white films.
Film noir, an American style from the 1940s, is known for its cynical protagonists, crime-driven plots and existential themes.
Cage said he created his appearance as the title character specifically for black and white, calling the dual-format release “a bit revolutionary.”
The series, developed by Oren Uziel for Prime Video and MGM+, is based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man Noir.
It follows an older, hard-hearted Peter Parker – here named Ben Reilly – working as a private detective in 1930s New York as he confronts his past.
Cage stars alongside Lamorne Morris as newspaper editor Robbie Robertson, Li Jun Li as nightclub singer Cat Hardy, and Brendan Gleeson as Irish mob boss Silvermane.
After being inspired by the character’s popularity in Sony’s animated ‘Spider-Verse’ films from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Uziel was keen to bring the duo on board as producers of ‘Spider-Noir’.
The series begins streaming on Prime Video on Wednesday.
