Spider-Noir Wiki

Spider-Noir is one of the few streaming series released in two deliberately crafted visual formats. Prime Video offers Authentic Black & White and True-Hue Full Color — same story, same dialogue, different atmosphere.

The production team filmed with noir composition in mind, then split and graded footage separately. Black and white leans into Raymond Chandler shadows and high-contrast moral gray zones; True-Hue pushes saturated, Edward Hopper–inspired palettes closer to Dick Tracy comic energy.

Critics and creators including Nicolas Cage and Li Jun Li have publicly favored the monochrome cut for authenticity, while acknowledging both are valid artistic choices — not a "director's cut" vs "studio compromise."

Authentic B&W vs True-Hue

• Recommended path: watch Episode 1 in Authentic Black & White. If the lack of color distracts you, switch to True-Hue for the remaining seven — you lose no plot clarity.
• Rewatchers often binge one format first, then sample key episodes in the other to compare cinematography.
• Opening title cards play in black and white regardless of which stream you select — a subtle hint that noir DNA is baked into the show's identity.

All eight episodes dropped at once as a full-season binge. In the United States, Spider-Noir premiered on the MGM+ linear channel on May 25, 2026, then arrived globally on Prime Video on May 27, 2026 across 240+ countries and territories.

You need an active Prime Video subscription (or MGM+ where applicable) — there is no separate buy-to-own window announced at launch. Both visual formats are selectable from the series page before playback.

Prime Video provides extensive dub and subtitle options matching Amazon's global catalog — including the ~20 audio languages reflected on this wiki's localized pages.

• Prime Video (Global) May 27, 2026 — full season, B&W and True-Hue streams
• MGM+ (United States) May 25, 2026 — linear premiere before streaming wide release
• Not on Disney+ / MCU — Spider-Noir is SSU, not Marvel Cinematic Universe

Prime Video — Spider-Noir

Ben Reilly is not Peter Parker. In this alternate 1930s New York, he is an aging private investigator who once patrolled the city as its only masked hero — The Spider. Years after a personal tragedy pushed him into retirement, a missing-persons case drags him back into a web of mob politics, science-fiction mutations, and femme-fatale conspiracies.

Developed by Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot for Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios, the series reimagines Spider-Man Noir mythology for live action. Showrunner Uziel has stated it shares Nicolas Cage's voice from Into the Spider-Verse but is not a continuation of that film — "same character, different universe."

Tone blends hard-boiled detective fiction with SSU superhero stakes: think The Maltese Falcon meeting pulpy Marvel iconography. Cage described his performance as seventy percent Humphrey Bogart, thirty percent Bugs Bunny — a spider awkwardly cosplaying as human.

You do not need to watch any Spider-Verse movie, Venom film, or MCU title first. Spider-Noir is designed as a self-contained eight-episode noir capsule.

Main cast with Marvel-inspired roles in this 1930s reimagining.

Eight-episode season — spoiler-light synopses. Directors for episodes 3–8 credited per production updates.

Sony announced development in February 2023; Steve Lightfoot joined as co-showrunner in December. Nicolas Cage confirmed May 2024 — his first television lead. The series was briefly titled Noir before rebranding Spider-Noir in July 2024 to signal SSU ties.

Principal photography ran Los Angeles, August 2024 through March 2025, under working title Old Fashioned. Crew used period-accurate black-and-white camera philosophy even while capturing digital masters for dual grading.

Executive producers include Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Harry Bradbeer, and Cage. Kris Bowers and Michael Dean Parsons composed the score; lead single Saving Grace arrived ahead of the May 27 soundtrack album.

• 8 episodes × ~45 minutes
• Lord Miller Productions · Pascal Pictures · Marvel Entertainment · Amazon MGM Studios
• World premiere: Regal Times Square, May 13, 2026
• Genre tags: Adventure, Noir, Superhero

Milan Records released the Spider-Noir original soundtrack on May 27, 2026, featuring composers Kris Bowers and Michael Dean Parsons. Lead single Saving Grace — written by Oak Felder and Sebastian Kole, performed by Kirby — dropped May 7, 2026.

The score bridges jazz-age noir instrumentation with modern cinematic swell, supporting both monochrome and True-Hue moods without locking to either palette.

Amazon has not announced a second season as of the Season 1 launch. Co-showrunner Oren Uziel expressed enthusiasm in April 2026 for potential World War II settings or new clients walking into Ben's office — the detective structure allows anthological expansion without repeating Season 1 plot.

Sony's SSU theatrical slate has shifted focus toward television projects like Spider-Noir; future seasons likely depend on Prime Video viewership and Cage's availability.