In Spider-Noir, Nicolas Cage stars as a not-so-friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man chasing down wrongdoers in the nightclubs, skyscrapers, and alleyways of 1933 New York. But there are two paths you can go by to swing along with him.
MGM+ will broadcast and Prime Video will stream the show this spring with two versions of each episode debuting in tandem with each other—one in black & white, and the other in colour (see below). With that in mind, Esquire offers two distinct first looks today. In this one, you can behold the never-before-seen images of Spider-Noir in silvery monochrome, accompanied by a full interview with Cage, delivering appropriately offbeat takes on his retro-superhero.
The other first look presents its shots in the lurid hues of a pulp fiction paperback. In that article, we hear from the creators of Spider-Noir about building the live-action show from its origins in the animated Spider-Verse movies, and how they gave classic Spidey characters such as Black Cat, Sandman, and Silvermane a ‘30s-era makeover as femme-fatales, fall guys, and racketeers.
Seven new photos can be found in each story, along with insights from co-showrunner Oren Uziel, best known for co-writing the 2022 Sandra Bullock-Channing Tatum action comedy The Lost City, and producers Phil Miller and Chris Lord, who oversaw the Spider-Verse films and worked with Uziel on 22 Jump Street.
Our best suggestion: Start with B&W and the Nicolas Cage interview, then cross over into the land of living colour. Just like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz—if you’d like a two-bit 1930s comparison that ain’t a film noir.
