In addition to two upcoming Spider-Man movies being slated for 2026 and 2027, respectively, fans of Marvel Comics’ web-slinger can look forward to a much different version of the character getting the live-action treatment on TV. The black-and-white Spider-Noir stars Nicholas Cage as a down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York City who once fought crime as Spider-Man. A key detail about this forthcoming MGM+ series has been cleared up, and while I’m pleased about that, now there’s another mystery on my mind.
Let’s start with that key detail first. Thanks to a poster that was shown off at CCPX (via Omelete), we now know that Nicholas Cage is not playing Peter Parker in Spider-Noir, but rather Ben Reilly. That name might not sound familiar if you’re only a casual Spidey fan, but longtime Marvel Comics readers and fans of Spider-Man: The Animated Series know him as a clone of Peter Parker. Although there was a period in the comics when Ben served as the main Spider-Man, he’s better known for being Scarlet Spider, although these days he’s the supervillain Chasm. Ben in his Scarlet Spider form was voiced by Andy Samberg in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
