Spider-Noir Teaser Sets Up a Haunted Hero With Nothing Left to Prove
Nicolas Cage’s Spider-Noir just dropped its first proper teaser, and it wastes zero time telling you what lane it’s in.
This is Spider-Man filtered through pulp detectives, smoke-hazed clubs, and Depression-era New York, with Cage playing Ben Reilly: an aging private investigator who has to reckon with the inconvenient fact that he used to be the city’s one and only masked hero, “the Spider.”
Spider-Noir | Photo Credit: Sony Pictures Television and MGM+
The teaser leans into classic hard-boiled iconography. Reilly turns up in a fedora and trench coat, trading the usual bright-and-breezy superhero cadence for something tighter and more haunted. In one early exchange, he opens up to Cat Hardy, hinting that whatever’s inside him is less “gift” and more daily management, a set of impulses he can only keep tamped down “most of the time.” From there, the footage flashes through barroom violence, shadowy streets, and a masked figure cutting across the skyline at night, all building to a cheeky tagline twist: “With no power comes no responsibility.”
What’s most interesting is how formal the show’s committing to the concept. Spider-Noir will be available in two presentations, billed as “Authentic Black & White” and “True-Hue Full Color,” which makes the noir texture feel like more than just marketing. That aesthetic swing also pairs nicely with the creative team: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal are on board, with Harry Bradbeer directing and executive producing the first two episodes, and Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot serving as co-showrunners.
Release-wise, MGM+ gets it first in the U.S. on May 25, 2026, followed by a Prime Video rollout two days later that drops all eight episodes. With supporting players like Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Jack Huston, and Brendan Gleeson also in the mix, the teaser suggests a series that’s less about quips and more about mood, menace, and character cracks you can’t exactly tape over.
Check out the official teaser below.
