The vibe is “70 percent Humphrey Bogart and 30 percent Bugs Bunny,” executive producer Chris Miller said during a Deadline Hollywood panel. “Bogart always had a twinkle in his eye, and he was always doing something clever, and he and Bugs Bunny have more in common than you might think…. [It’s] a Humphrey Bogart-type character, a detective story, but the detective happens to also have spider powers.” Nor is the intent to create a “giant web of interconnected series,” Miller added. “It’s just its own little jewel of a story.”

In addition to Cage’s Ben Reilly/The Spider, the cast includes Lamorne Morris as Reilly’s friend Robbie Robertson, a freelance journalist who clings to optimism in the face of his buddy’s cynicism; Li Jun Li as nightclub singer Cat Hardy, the classic underworld femme fatale (Li based her portrayal on Anna May Wong, Rita Hayworth, and Lauren Bacall); Karen Rodriguez as Reilly’s secretary, Janet; Abraham Popoola as a World War I veteran; Jack Huston as a bodyguard named Flint Marko; Brendan Gleeson as New York mob boss Silvermane, who is being targeted for assassination; Lukas Haas as one of Silvermane’s subordinates; Richard Robichaux as the editor of the Daily Bugle; and Kai Caster.

Spider-Noir premieres on May 25, 2026, on MGM+, with all episodes becoming available on Prime Video on May 27, 2026. Viewers can choose to watch in black and white or True Hue—or both, if one wants to compare.