The ambiance is “70 percent Humphrey Bogart and 30 percent Bugs Bunny,” executive manufacturer Chris Miller stated throughout a Deadline Hollywood panel. “Bogart constantly had a twinkle in his eye, and he was constantly doing something smart, and he and Bugs Bunny have more in typical than you may believe … [It’s] a Humphrey Bogart-type character, an investigator story, however the investigator occurs to likewise have spider powers.” Nor is the intent to produce a “huge web of interconnected series,” Miller included. “It’s simply its own little gem of a story.”

In addition to Cage’s Ben Reilly/The Spider, the cast consists of Lamorne Morris as Reilly’s buddy Robbie Robertson, an independent reporter who holds on to optimism in the face of his friend’s cynicism; Li Jun Li as bar vocalist Cat Hardy, the traditional underworld femme fatale (Li based her representation 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 called Flint Marko; Brendan Gleeson as New York mob employer 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 appearing on Prime Video on May 27, 2026. Audiences can pick to see in black and white or True Hue– or both, if one wishes to compare.