Prime Video has canceled Spider-Noir after a single season, ending Nicolas Cage’s run in his first-ever regular television role. The eight-episode series will not return for Season 2.
The cancellation lands just days before the first weekend of Emmy ceremonies, where Spider-Noir heads in with 11 nominations — the most of any Prime Video program this year. The show also holds a 92% critics score and a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man Noir, the series was adapted for television by Oren Uziel and set during the Great Depression. Cage starred as Ben Reilly, a down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York who becomes the city’s only superhero while confronting a personal tragedy from his past. The cast also included 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”).
Spider-Noir premiered on linear channel MGM+ on May 25, followed by a Prime Video streaming release the next day, which let viewers choose between color and black-and-white versions of the show. According to Nielsen’s streaming content ratings, the series debuted at No. 2 on the U.S. Top 10 for original series with 851 million minutes viewed in its first week, and generated 2.6 billion viewing minutes over its first six weeks. That start proved strong but not durable — the show fell out of Prime Video’s daily Top 10 relatively quickly and lacked the staying power of other recent Prime Video releases such as “Reacher” and “Ride Or Die.” The high cost of producing dual color and black-and-white versions likely factored into the decision not to continue, given that streamers typically weigh cost against performance when making renewal calls.
The series marked the first release under a multi-title deal between Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television, drawing on characters from Sony’s Spider-Man-adjacent Marvel universe, which encompasses more than 900 characters. “Spider-Noir” was actually the second project ordered under that partnership; the first, a “Silk” spinoff led by showrunner Angela Kang, was ultimately scrapped, making “Spider-Noir” the first to reach the screen.
Despite the cancellation, the Amazon-Sony collaboration is continuing. Multiple additional projects are reportedly in development, with one said to be nearing a series order, though details have not been announced. All shows under the deal are expected to follow the same pattern as “Spider-Noir” — a linear premiere on MGM+ followed by a Prime Video streaming release.
Oren Uziel (“The Lost City”) and Steve Lightfoot (“Marvel’s The Punisher”) served as co-showrunners and executive producers, developing the series alongside the “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” team of Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal. Lord and Miller executive produced through their Lord Miller banner along with Aditya Sood and Dan Shear; Pascal produced via Pascal Pictures. Cage and Pavlina Hatoupis also served as executive producers, and Harry Bradbeer (“Fleabag”) directed and executive produced the first two episodes.
Fans are left with relatively little unfinished business: Season 1 largely told a complete story, with only a few loose threads left dangling. Meanwhile, Sony continues to find success with the character on the film side — “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” starring Tom Holland, has surpassed $900 million domestically and $2.3 billion globally.