Nicolas Cage to star in Spider-Man Noir live-action series at MGM+, Amazon Prime Video

[DinkyDev]

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Nicolas Cage will once again play Spider-Man Noir, but this time in a live-action series.

Cage is set to star in the live-action show "Noir," which has been ordered to series at MGM+ and Amazon Prime Video. The series will debut domestically on MGM+'s linear channel followed by a global launch on Prime Video. Variety exclusively reported the series was in development February 2023, though Cage was not attached at that time.

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"Expanding the Marvel universe with 'Noir' is a uniquely special opportunity and we are honored to bring this series to our global Prime Video customers," said Vernon Sanders, head of television for Amazon MGM Studios. "The extremely talented Nicolas Cage is an ideal choice for our new superhero and the accomplished producing team with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, and the incredible team at Sony is dedicated to expanding this franchise in the most authentic way."

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Cage previously played Spider-Man Noir in the Academy Award-winning animated film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse." This will be the first time the character has been portrayed in a live-action project. Per the official logline, "Noir" will tell the story "of an aging and down on his luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city's one and only superhero."

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Nicolas Cage to Star in Spider-Man Noir Live-Action Series at MGM+, Amazon Prime Video

Nicolas Cage will once again play Spider-Man Noir, but this time in a live-action series at Amazon

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[Helix]

:O

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Sure, why not. Cage is always at his best when he's invested and having fun doing weird shit. As long as the visual style is DEEPLY striking, go for it.

 

[metsallica]

IN

 

[nsilvias]

a live action spiderman i can get behind

 

[Zor]

Noir Way Home.

 

[The_Iceman2288]

Well this just became a must-watch show.

 

[Mr. Snuffleupagus]

His character in the movie, plus the visual style of Sin City, and the hard boiled dialogue and setting of Max Payne 1, would be ideal.

 

[echoshifting]

I had to read that thread title three times before it fully soaked in

 

[metsallica]

Sin City already nailed the visuals so they just gotta ape that. Make it lighter, comedic, campy / tongue-in-cheek, yet "hard boiled" and this could be very fun. A fully-committed Cage is always a good time.

 

[GJ]

Can't believe they actually did it. This is fantastic!

 

[The_Iceman2288]

Sure, why not. Cage is always at his best when he's invested and having fun doing weird shit. As long as the visual style is DEEPLY striking, go for it.

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There is not a single actor who understands the assignment more than Nic Cage. Even in terrible movies, he knows what's expected of him and commits to the bit 110%.

 

[LV-0504]

Even though I think Spider-Man is being run into the ground, I can suspend my cynicism for this. Tbh they would be stupid not to do it.

There is not a single actor who understands the assignment more than Nic Cage. Even in terrible movies, he knows what's expected of him and commits to the bit 110%.

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I watched that Renfield movie a few weeks ago, it was bizarre, it was basically a 1/10 when Cage was offscreen and a 9/10 when he was onscreen. Its a pity he wasn't onscreen for nearly long enough.

 

[ItsSaulGoodMan]

What the hell

 

[DiceAndMonsters]

Innies.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

I'm getting Dick Tracey vibes, like as in the setting and humor.

 

[echoshifting]

I hope they aren't 5-min shorts. I would still watch them but I want this to be something big

 

[Cousin From Boston]

Oh hell yes

 

[HeartlessNobody2134]

Cool to see him play the role again in live action.

Can already hear the Cage detective monologues in my head.

 

[metsallica]

I hope they aren't 5-min shorts. I would still watch them but I want this to be something big

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Nothing in the article says they're shorts or that they could be shorts. Are you saying that because of the recent Spiderverse short? That was more of a charity thing.

 

[Korigama]

I would want this, yes.

 

[xyla]

Fantastic! Hope it gets the budget and creativity it deserves as a project!

So he played Superman, Ghost Rider and Spider-Man now in live action. Who's next?

 

[luca]

I'll get excited when I see actual progress on this project. Silk has been in dev hell too long for my liking.

 

[Galkinator]

Holy crap, didn't know I wanted it until now.

Feels weird this show is on Prime and not D+

 

[St. Elmo's Fire]

Fuck yeah. Day 1 because it's Nic Fucking Cage!

 

[DarthMasta]

Wait, TV? Is this the first time he's done this?

 

[kinoki]

I love this time-line. Nick Cage didn't get to be Superman so at the age of 60 he's cast as Spider-Man instead. Love it!

 

[LewieP]

I love this time-line. Nick Cage didn't get to be Superman so at the age of 60 he's cast as Spider-Man instead. Love it!

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He did get to be superman, in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.

 

[Khanimus]

Which I'm sure will definitely happen...

 

[Mindwipe]

Holy crap, didn't know I wanted it until now.

Feels weird this show is on Prime and not D+

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It's not on Prime.

(At least not in the US. I suspect Amazon might put it on Prime internationally as MGM+ is pretty territorially limited.)

 

[MrKlaw]

how do the rights work?

 

[Mindwipe]

how do the rights work?

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Sony own TV rights for anything longer than 28 minutes or somesuch and always have.

 

[Bishop89]

 

[19thCenturyFox]

Per the official logline, "Noir" will tell the story "of an aging and down on his luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city's one and only superhero."

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So it's actially post retirement Spider-Man Noir. Sounds interesting, more interesting than a straightforward adaption anyway.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

I can't believe this is existing.

 

[Bengraven]

This feels like one of those April Fool's jokes you pray would actually happen.

Like "ha that's funny but seriously, I would pay good money for this".

 

[Witness]

Wild news, this sounds really exciting

 

[Bengraven]

Would be dope if they could borrow Luke Cage from Marvel.

Having Marvel fan Nick Cage in the same show as his namesake would not only be poetic but I'd also never turn away a Power Man.

 

[AuthenticM]

hell yes

 

[dusan]

Fucking awesome.

 

[Pocky4Th3Win]

Fuck I am so in.

 

[Turjake]

Fucking amazing.

 

[Pbae]

Supernic died so that Spidercage could live.

I'm so fucking stoked

 

[More_Badass]

So it's actially post retirement Spider-Man Noir. Sounds interesting, more interesting than a straightforward adaption anyway.

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A pulpy noir show where the old weathered PI has Spidey powers actually sounds like a pretty neat angle to take

 

[Azubah]

So it's actially post retirement Spider-Man Noir. Sounds interesting, more interesting than a straightforward adaption anyway.

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Even a retire Spidey could run circles around most of the Marvel roster.

 

[ChaosXVI]

Well this is certainly going to be a weird thing that exists. Not sure how I feel about it but…it certainly won't be mid! It's either going to be great or so bizarrely bad that it swings back around to being great.

 

[Tom Nook]

Yes!!

 

[Anth0ny]

Sony own TV rights for anything longer than 28 minutes or somesuch and always have.

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Honestly shocked it took this long. Knowing Sony had these rights I thought they'd do a live action Spidey spinoff tv show like 10 years ago. Then the streaming revolution happened. I guess we're finally seeing it.

Cautiously optimistic for this.

 

[SalvaPot]

Back when this was a rumor I made a wish.

Glad to see my wish came true.

 

[CountCorvinus]

Fuck yeah! This is gonna be great