Nicolas Cage’s Spider-Man Noir Revealed in Spider-Noir’s Gritty Opening Scene
At CCXP25, Prime Video debuted Spider-Noir’s opening scene, putting Nicolas Cage’s Spider-Man front and center with a dramatic, shadow-drenched entrance that sets a hardboiled tone for the live-action series in 1930s New York.
Nicolas Cage just crashed CCXP25 as a fedora-wearing wall-crawler. Prime Video brought the first scene from its live-action Spider-Noir series, and it looks exactly as pulpy as you want from a 1930s New York Spider-Man story.
The clip was shown during Prime Video's panel and described by Omelete (Spider-Man News echoed the same breakdown on Dec 4, 2025). The whole thing plays like a moody tone-setter with a very specific reveal:
'In a dark setting, the camera focuses on a thug wearing a beret. Suddenly, Spider-Noir's eyes blink and light up completely, revealing the character's look, just like in the comics and Spider-Verse!'
So yeah, the eyes glow. It is live-action. And the vibe is straight noir.
The series is literally titled Spider-Noir, set in 1930s New York, with Cage playing Ben Reilly, not Peter Parker. That is not a typo. They even stuck a 'B. Reilly' placard on the detective office door at CCXP to make it plain.
'Spider-Noir tells the story of Ben Reilly (Cage), an aging and down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city's one and only superhero.'
Release and rollout: MGM+ will debut the show in the U.S., while Prime Video handles international distribution. It is aiming for 2026, with eight episodes. Production shot in Los Angeles, wrapped filming, and is now in post.
Quick comic book origin check: Spider-Noir showed up in Marvel Comics back in 2009, created by David Hine and Fabrice Sapolsky. The show sticking with Ben Reilly over Peter Parker is a notable swing, but it fits the alt-universe angle the character has always lived in.
- Main cast: Brendan Gleeson, Jack Huston, Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, Craig Henningsan, Whitney Rice, Abraham Popoola
- Recurring: Karen Rodriguez, Amanda Schull, Scoot MacArthur, Michael Kostroff, Joe Massingill, Cary Christopher
- Executive producers: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal
- Showrunners: Oren Uziel (The Lost City) and Steve Lightfoot (The Punisher)
- Director: Harry Bradbeer
If the opener is the bar, expect a stylish, shadow-drenched detective story with a superhero hangover. And glowing eyes. Definitely glowing eyes.