Merely a month away from its official premiere, the live-action Spider-Noir has released a behind-the-scenes featurette. The minute-long teaser highlights the villains facing Nicolas Cage’s (Con Air, Face/Off) throwback hero. View the clip below.
Set in 1933 New York City, Cage’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’s Ben Reilly reappears in this adaptation as a detective turned vigilante during the Prohibition Era. As he dons a different spidey suit, his rogue gallery consists of four main culprits: Silvermane, Sandman, Tombstone and Megawatt.
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin, Mr. Mercedes) plays mob boss Silvermane, who he describes as psychopathic but smarter than your average narcissist. He recruits a group of super-powered men to aid in ridding of his insect problem. Jack Huston’s (Boardwalk Empire, Mayfair Witches) Flint aka Sandman is the quintessential anti-hero as his powers are slowly killing him.
Abraham Popoola (Andor, The Great) plays Lonnie aka Tombstone. This take on the comic book baddie has a grounded origin, similar to the unique take in the animated series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Finally, Dirk aka Megawatt, is played by Andrew Caldwell (College, Haunt). Caldwell explains while the other bad guys are seeking solutions, Dirk’s turn to villainy is all about his rise to glory.
In development since 2023, the series was officially picked up a year later. Joining the ring of villainous characters are Lamorne Morris (Night Shift, Game Night), Li Jun Li (Sinners, Blindspot, Lukas Haas (Babylon, Inception), Cameron Britton (Mindhunters, A Man Called Otto), Cary Christopher (Days of Our Lives, Fuller House), Michael Kostroff (The Wire, Wizard of Lies), Scott MacArthur (El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, The Mick), Joe Massingill (Killing It, Barry), Whitney Rice (Jury Duty, Suits) and Amanda Schull (Suits, 12 Monkeys).
mxdwn previously reported that Steve Lightfoot (The Punisher, Narcos) is co-showrunner with series writer Oren Uziel (22 Jump Street, The Lost City). The two join Sony’s producing team Phil Lord (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Strays) and Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Clone High) and Amy Pascal (Little Women, The Post) as executive producers.
The series premieres exclusively on Prime Video on May 27 with two ways to watch: in gritty black-and-white and true hue technicolor.