It was a dark and stormy night for “Spider-Noir.” The Prime Video/MGM+ series, starring Nicolas Cage in his first-ever regular TV role, has been canceled after eight episodes and won’t return for a Season 2.
“Spider-Noir” was the first Marvel-related series to premiere out of Amazon’s pact with Sony Pictures TV to develop characters and stories from the “Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters.”
Lamorne Morris (“New Girl”), Li Jun Li (“Sinners”), Karen Rodriguez (“The Hunting Wives”), Abraham Popoola (“Atlas”), Jack Huston (“Boardwalk Empire”), and Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) also star.
“Spider-Noir” originally premiered on the linear MGM+ channel on May 25, and then started streaming on Prime Video the next day — with options to watch the show in either color or black & white. According to Nielsen’s streaming content ratings, the series earned 2.6 billion viewing minutes in its first six weeks.
Among the show’s 11 Emmy nominations: Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More), Outstanding Title Design, Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour), Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour), Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (One Hour), Outstanding Stunt Performance, Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score), Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode, Outstanding Stunt Coordination For Comedy Programming, Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup, and Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics.
In film, Sony has released multiple Spider-Man live-action films over the years and currently works with Marvel Studios on the franchise starring Tom Holland via Columbia Pictures. The studio is currently riding high with “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” which just hit $900 million at the box office domestically, and more than $2.3 billion globally.
