Amazon’s Spider-Noir show has narrowed its 2026 release window, while revealing it will feature an appearance by Flint Marko, a.k.a. Sandman, alongside a few other familiar faces.
New details on the live-action Spider-Verse series come from Esquire, which spoke with showrunner Oren Uziel, producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and star Nicolas Cage to learn more about how it blends black-and-white and color to tell a new Spider-Man story. Inspired by the comic book, it comes with an updated schedule that will see the show premiere this spring on MGM+ and Prime Video, while unveiling more information about some of its major characters.
While Cage’s time as Ben Reilly/The Spider will see him investigating assassination attempts against Marvel Comics villain Silvermane (played by Brendan Gleeson), a few other notable Spider-Man regulars will show up, too. One surprise appearance will see Flint Marko (played by Jack Huston) play a role as “hired muscle,” though it’s unclear if he’ll sport the powers that earned him his Sandman title. Femme fatale Cat Hardy/Black Cat (played by Li Jun Li) is another familiar name viewers can expect to see entangled in Spider-Noir’s story.
“In all the great detective stories, you have two cases that sort of come together and you realize you're actually working the same thing,” Uziel teases. “He’s a guy getting dragged into a much larger fight that he doesn't really want to be a part of. Silvermane is the big bad, but what's happening to Silvermane connects back to Ben's past and gets him spiraling deeper and deeper into his own origins.”
Cage brought black-and-white mystery and comedic relief when he played Spider-Man Noir in 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It sounds like some of that portrayal will be retained in Spider-Noir, with the Pig and Raising Arizona actor teasing that his character is “70 percent Humphrey Bogart, and 30 percent Bugs Bunny.”
Meanwhile, Lord says Cage told them his version of the character is like “‘a spider trying to cosplay as a human.’”
“That's why you cast Nicolas Cage,” Miller added. “He's going to come at a character in a way that no one else would think of.”
Spider-Noir will swing onto Prime Video within the next few months but has no specific release date. It will also feature Lamorne Morris as freelance journalist Robbie Robertson and Karen Rodriguez as Ben Reilly’s secretary, Janet. New footage from CCXP25 revealed a sneak peek at the show ahead of its premiere.
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