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Nicolas Cage Stars in Prime Video’s “Spider-Noir” debut May 2026

5/26/2026

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Cage Debuts Spider-Noir

Nicolas Cage plays Ben Reilly/The Spider in “Spider-Noir,” debuting on MGM+ May 25 2026 and Prime Video May 27 2026.
Prime Video costs AED 16/month or AED 140/year in the UAE with a 30-day free trial.
The series offers “Authentic Black and White” and “True-Hue Full Color” viewing while unavailable on Netflix and OSN+.
Creator Oren Uziel leads the series starring Lamorne Morris and Jack Huston, with no second season announced despite its “In Production” label.

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Cage Splits Visuals

The crew captured footage simultaneously and split the digital feed into authentic black-and-white and true-hue colour streams.
Darran Tiernan designed lighting for the monochrome cut, boosting shadows and contrast for a classic noir effect.
Cage advocated both versions, saying the colour option would attract teenage audiences and reference the Spider-Verse multiverse.
Critics awarded the series a 90 % Rotten Tomatoes rating from 40 reviews, noting its visual innovation.

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Cage Premieres Spider-Noir

The live-action series “Spider-Noir,” starring Nicolas Cage as an aging private investigator in 1930s New York, premieres this week in black-and-white or color.
Cage previously voiced Spider-Man Noir in “Into the Spider-verse” animated films and leads a cast that includes Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Jack Huston and Li Jun Li.
The debut coincides with Queen Latifah’s hosting of the 52nd American Music Awards on CBS, adding to a busy entertainment week.

History

Historical Context

After Sony announced a shared Marvel universe in 2013 and revived Venom in 2016, it launched the animated Spider-Verse with *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* in 2018, earning over $2 billion worldwide and winning the 2019 Best Animated Feature Oscar. That multiverse success paved the way for the new Spider-Noir series, which streams on Prime Video as a dual black-and-white and colour experience.

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Cage Debuts Spider-Noir

Nicolas Cage plays Ben Reilly/The Spider in “Spider-Noir,” debuting on MGM+ May 25 2026 and Prime Video May 27 2026.
Prime Video costs AED 16/month or AED 140/year in the UAE with a 30-day free trial.
The series offers “Authentic Black and White” and “True-Hue Full Color” viewing while unavailable on Netflix and OSN+.
Creator Oren Uziel leads the series starring Lamorne Morris and Jack Huston, with no second season announced despite its “In Production” label.

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