Nicolas Cagehas done a bit of everything in Hollywood, but now he is getting ready to take on uncharted territory with his first television show: MGM+ and Amazon Prime Video’s live-action Spider-ManNoirseries. Cage willportray the titular alternate versionof the iconic webhead, reprising his role from the animated filmSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,and he recently gave some more details on the upcoming show in an interview withThe New Yorker.
“I mean, the fantasy would be that I could try to aspire to besomething more Golden Age,” Cage said, adding, “I wanted to have that kind of aura, you know, like the more enigmatic, you don’t know too much. That’s why I’m not on social media. That’s the thinking, anyway. I don’t know. We’ll see what happens if I do [Spider-ManNoir], and they put me in black-and-white. We’ll see if we can get some of that flavor.” Cage also told The New Yorker about his apprehensions for television:
“I don’t want to take too many unnecessaryphysicalrisks. But television is terrifying because you have only so much time to get the libretto in your body, and you have to keep going, keep going, keep shooting. And I thought, ‘That’s challenging. I’m afraid of it. I’ve never prepared like that before.'”
Cage Will Portray the Black-and-White Version of Spider-Man
Cage’s version of Spider-Man, first seen in the aforementionedInto the Spider-Verse,comes from an alternate universe that pays homage to the noir style of filmmaking popularized in the 1940s. Thecharacter first appearedas part of Marvel’sNoircomic book series in 2009 and has been a popular addition to theSpider-Manuniverse. When Cage voiced the character inInto the Spider-Verse,the black-and-white, fedora-donning Noir Spider-Man came from Earth-90214 and was joined by other Spider-Men whose universes collided withMiles Morales’ (Shameik Moore).
Very few details are known about the upcoming show. However, a logline from Amazon states that it will follow 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.” The show was created byOren UzielandSteve Lightfoot,who will co-showrun and executive produce. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios.Into the Spider-VersedirectorsPhil LordandChristopher Millerwill executive produce for their Lord Miller Productions banner via an overall deal at Sony. Additional executive producers includeAmy Pascalfor Pascal Pictures andHarry Bradbeer,who will also direct the first two episodes.
No release window has been announced forNoir,but the show will debut on MGM+ and Amazon Prime Video.Into the Spider-Verseis streaming now on Prime Video.
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
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