‘Spider-Noir’ Trailer Sees Nicolas Cage Swing as the Gritty Marvel Hero!! Check It Out!!

Prime Video is home to plenty of television’s best detectives, from the long-running hit Bosch and its spin-offs Bosch: Legacy and Ballard, to the recent Cross, which just kicked off its second season. Starting this spring, however, it will add a more superheroic new sleuth to its catalog with the much-anticipated Spider-Noir series, starring Nicolas Cage. First announced back in 2023, the show marks the first time in a long time that Spider-Man has been brought to live-action on the small screen in any form, and it will finally shed more light on the world of one of the superhero’s most interesting variants. Though he looks similar and shares an actor with his Into the Spider-Verse, Cage‘s Ben Reilly is an altogether different character from the detective web-slinger whose grim reality can soon be explored either in color or proper noir black-and-white.

A set of images was recently released that officially unmasked Cage and offered a new look at the detective at work, as well as some of the people around him, like Lamorne Morris as freelance journalist Robbie Robertson, Li Jun Li as Cat Hardy, and Karen Rodriguez as Ben’s secretary, Janet. It also confirmed Jack Huston‘s addition as one of Spider-Man’s most iconic villains, Sandman. Prime Video is now following that drop with the first official trailer, available either in color or without, providing a window into the tragedy of Reilly with cinematography that evokes noir classics. His story unfolds in 1930s New York, where he grapples with his work as a washed-up private investigator, the sins of his past life, deep personal loss, and his responsibilities as the city’s only superhero.

The footage opens with Cat asking Ben to start his story from the beginning. Flashbacks show what appear to be the origins of the private detective’s superpowers, as he stumbles through a facility containing spiders in jars for apparent experimentation. He’s plagued by “ticks, thoughts, impulses” that he’s tried and mostly succeeded in suppressing, but, unlike Peter Parker, he’s more susceptible to his darker urges. Worse, he’s also suffering a bit of an existential crisis, perhaps tied to Ben’s typical depiction as a clone of Peter. Although the tone is much grittier than usual for the web-slinger, Cage brings a bit of goofy charisma to the haunted Reilly, who’s prone to getting “plastered” after a day of fighting crime and beating up guys in a bar. His investigations will be anything but goofy, though, taking him from seedy back alleys to smoky nightclubs and rain-soaked rooftops to stop the vicious criminal masterminds at play, all while experiencing surreal visions and witnessing things capable of shaking both him and Robbie to their cores.

When Will ‘Spider-Noir’ Release on Prime Video?

Along with the trailer, Prime Video confirmed that the doors to Ben Reilly’s office will open on the streaming platform on May 27, with all episodes of Spider-Noir dropping at once. First, though, the MGM+ linear channel will air the premiere on May 25 domestically as a sneak peek. Sony Pictures Television produced the series for both platforms in a unique agreement that will look to spread the reach of Cage‘s first television series a bit further.

Cage, Morris, Rodriguez, and Li will take the spotlight in Spider-Noir alongside another Oscar nominee in The Banshees of Inisherin star Brendan Gleeson, as well as Slow Horses alum Abraham Popoola. The series has also assembled an impressive list of guest stars to inhabit New York, including Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice, Amanda Schull, Andrew Caldwell, Amy Aquino, Andrew Robinson, and Kai Caster. Adding to the star power is a Marvel alum in The Punisher showrunner, Steve Lightfoot, who is taking the reins of the series alongside Oren Uziel and helped develop the story with the Spider-Verse trio of Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal. Even if Ben Reilly is his own person, it’s certainly shaping up as a faithful continuation of the character’s spirit from his animated debut that will go so much deeper and darker.