Spider-Noir now has a release date, and Nicolas Cage is bringing the brooding comic-book character to television for the first time in a major way. The eight-episode series will begin Monday, May 25 on MGM+ and follow Wednesday, May 27 on Amazon.
Cage stars as Ben Reilly, a gumshoe trying to keep his head above water in Depression-era New York City while the past keeps pulling him under. Ben is haunted by his experiences in the First World War and by the death of his beloved Ruby, grief that pushed him to put aside the fedora and trench coat he once wore as the locally beloved vigilante known as The Spider. For Cage, the role is being described as his most substantial television work to date, a rare long-form turn for an actor better known for movies.
The timing matters because this is not a one-night special or a stripped-down experiment. Spider-Noir arrives as a full series with room to breathe, and the rollout puts MGM+ first before Amazon widens the audience two days later. That gives the show a staggered launch instead of a single splash, and it also places Cage at the center of a project meant to stretch beyond the usual comic-book template.
Oren Uziel developed the series for television, building it around a version of New York that leans hard into vintage gumshoe drama and hard-boiled archetypes. The cast also includes Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Abraham Popoola, Jack Huston and Brendan Gleeson, who plays Silvermane, a vicious mobster. Cat Hardy, a nightclub singer tied to Silvermane, adds another thread to the city’s underworld. The series blends web-slinging action with noir atmosphere, and the filmmakers have been clear that they were not trying to make a Spider-Man story audiences have already seen.
There is, however, a catch that may frustrate viewers hoping for a tighter launch. A reviewer said episodes two through four could easily be skipped entirely, even as the season leaves the door open for more adventures. That open-ended design suggests confidence about what comes next, but the first season does not lean on a cliffhanger to force the issue.
What emerges is a show built less like a standard superhero event and more like a hard-boiled mystery with a mask on. The spider noir release date now puts that gamble on the calendar, and the real test begins when Cage’s haunted detective finally steps back into the rain.
