The first official glimpse at Spider-Noir is set to release in 2026, the same year the MCU's Spider-Man: Brand New Day will hit theaters.

Spider-Noir will follow Nicolas Cage's titular hero, who's a different version of the Spider-Man variant Cage voices in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Spider-Man Noir fights crime in a universe where the wall-crawler's adventures and related characters are alive during the Great Depression, and thus his stories take a "noir" direction. Noir movies and comic books are known for their gritty aesthetics, urban settings, cynical themes, and their hard-boiled anti-heroes. Similarly to the Spider-Man Noir comics its inspired by, Spider-Noir will translate these qualities to the small screen.

The First Look At Nicolas Cage's Spider-Man Noir Show Was Revealed

Spider-Noir's First Footage Reveal Establishes The Tone Of The Series

In May 2025, Spider-Noir's first teaser features a brief glimpse at the titular hero's origin story, which might be similar to that of the regular Peter Parker. Nicolas Cage's Spider-Noir is shown shrouded in darkness, seemingly reacting to the spider bite that gives him his powers. A couple of other characters are shown from behind, though their identity is yet to be confirmed. The Spider-Noir teaser doesn't reveal who the series' main antagonist will be, but it features a gunman getting beat up by Spider-Noir, who weaponizes the shadows around him and sneaks up on his target. Check out the first official Spider-Noir teaser and image below:

Spider-Noir's adaptation of Spider-Man Noir's costume is almost identical to the source material, down to the hat and the glowing goggles. In the comics, Earth-90214's Peter Parker is bitten by a spider hidden inside a stolen artifact, which happens to be a "Spider Idol". Spider-Man Noir's origin story is also tied to his version of Norman Osborn a.k.a. the Green Goblin, who sent the Vulture to murder Ben Parker. The Spider-Noir teaser suggests the series will revisit Peter Parker's origin story in the Noir universe, meaning villains such as Green Goblin and Vulture could appear.

Spider-Noir Looks Similar To The Sin City Movie

Spider-Noir Will Be A Noir Comic Book Brought To Life

Whereas regular comic book adaptations translate their source material to a traditional cinematic language, Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City and its sequel, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, keep the comic book language almost intact when depicting it in live-action. Unrealistic architecture, exaggerated lighting, and cartoonish character designs are present both in the Sin City graphic novels and their respective movie adaptations. Sin City's black-and-white cinematography is also distinctive due to its high contrast and dynamic composition.

Spider-Noir's first teaser features the same high-contrast, highly-dynamic, black-and-white cinematography seen in Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City movies. The shot where a character walks across an alley looks ripped right off a Sin City movie due to its dramatic lighting that creates long shadows and its skewed composition. While not as exaggerated, Spider-Man Noir's comic book appearances feature a similar aesthetic. Spider-Noir's make-up, costumes, and sets will likely follow the same visual style.

Why I'm Now Even More Excited For Spider-Noir

Spider-Noir Is A Unique Take On Spider-Man And The Film Medium

The comic book movie genre has grown exponentially in the past twenty years, and several Spider-Man adaptations have presented their own interpretation on the wall-crawler. Sixteen years after Sam Raimi's Spider-Man turned Spidey into a blockbuster star, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse showcased an unprecedented take on Spider-Man with a mash-up of dozens of different animation styles. A few years later, Spider-Noir introduces yet another live-action Spider-Man adaptation that showcases a visual style unlike any other.

Sin City broke boundaries twenty years before Spider-Noir. However, only its sequel, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, revisited its style nine years later. Since then, no other comic book adaptation has attempted to achieve something similar, except for Spider-Noir. Spider-Noir is bound to stand out from all other Spider-Man adaptations, even during a golden age of Marvel adaptations that include bold offerings like the Spider-Verse movies and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Spider-Noir's success could encourage more alternate takes on famous characters like Spider-Man.

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