this post was submitted on 14 May 2024
29 points (100.0% liked)

Entertainment

4594 readers
1 users here now

Movies, television and Broadway.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Whom@beehaw.org
alyaza@beehaw.org
remington@beehaw.org
29
Nicolas Cage to Star in Spider-Man Noir Live-Action Series at MGM+, Amazon Prime Video (variety.com)
submitted 5 months ago by UrLogicFails@beehaw.org to c/entertainment@beehaw.org
5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Archive.org link

Some key excerpts:

Cage is set to star in the live-action show “Noir,” which has been ordered to series at MGM+ and Amazon Prime Video. The series will debut domestically on MGM+’s linear channel followed by a global launch on Prime Video.

Per the official logline, “Noir” will tell the story “of an aging and down on his luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero.”

The show hails from Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot, who will also serve as co-showrunners and executive producers. They developed the series with the “Into the Spider-Verse” team of Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal, all of whom will also executive produce. Harry Bradbeer will executive produce and direct the first two episodes.

The role will mark the first regular television role of Cage’s career.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Axolotling@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm no comic book expert but doesn't making spider-noir live action defeat the point of his whole aesthetic?

[–] UrLogicFails@beehaw.org 5 points 5 months ago

I didn't read the original Spider-Noir run, so I can't comment in that regard, but I don't see why live action would be a problem. Noires were really big in the 40s and they were all live-action. As long as the direction leans into that aesthetic, I think it could feel even more noire than the animated version.

[–] beefcat@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago

They could shoot it like Sin City