Spider-Noir final trailer gives us a classic villain
Source: Ars Technica
Trailer Overview
Prime Video has released one last trailer for its upcoming live‑action series, Spider‑Noir, starring Nicolas Cage. It’s available in two formats: black‑and‑white (below) and color, which the showrunners call “True Hue.” The final trailer emphasizes deadpan humor and is set to Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black,” making it very promising.
Background
As previously reported, Marvel Comics created its “noir” line in 2009, reinterpreting familiar Marvel characters in an alternate universe, usually set during the Great Depression in the US. A version of the Spider‑Noir character, voiced by Cage, briefly appeared in the animated masterpieces Spider‑Man: Into the Spider‑Verse (2018) and Across the Spider‑Verse (2023). He is set to reprise that role in the upcoming Beyond the Spider‑Verse.
Premise
Cage is playing Ben Reilly, a hard‑boiled private investigator with a secret superhero identity, The Spider. Official premise:
Spider‑Noir tells the story of Ben Reilly, a seasoned, down‑on‑his‑luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life, following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city’s one and only superhero.
Cast
- Nicolas Cage – Ben Reilly / The Spider
- Lamorne Morris – Robbie Robertson, a freelance journalist who clings to optimism despite his buddy’s cynicism
- Li Jun Li – Cat Hardy, a nightclub singer and classic underworld femme fatale (inspired by Anna May Wong, Rita Hayworth, and Lauren Bacall)
- Karen Rodriguez – Janet, Reilly’s secretary
- Abraham Popoola – World War I veteran
- Jack Huston – Flint Marko, a bodyguard who becomes the classic villain Sandman (as shown in the new trailer)
- Brendan Gleeson – Silvermane, a New York mob boss targeted for assassination
- Lukas Haas – One of Silvermane’s subordinates
- Richard Robichaux – Editor of the Daily Bugle
- Kai Caster – (role not specified)