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Amazon is developing a live-action Spider-Man Noir TV show for Prime Video Variety (opens in new tab).
The series, said to be in early development, is Spider-Man’s second live-action project in the works for Prime Video. Set in 1930s New York, the as-yet-untitled production follows a more grizzled, older, and world-weary vigilante than regular fans are used to.
Oddly enough, the main character of the series will not be a Peter Parker variant. In the comics, Spider-Man Noir is the alternate universe version of the Peter Parker fans they know and love. However, a source close to the project claims that Peter Parker will not be the main character of the show.
Ears Uziel (The Lost City, Spring street 22) will write and executive produce Spider-Man Noir. Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Amy Pascal – all of whom are involved in varying degrees with Sony’s Spider-Verse project – will also executive produce the show.
There’s no word on whether Nicolas Cage, who voiced Spider-Man Noir in the award-winning 2018 animated film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the character will play in Amazon’s TV show. Another option available to Amazon could be Milo Ventimiglia, who voiced the character in the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series. TechRadar has reached out to Amazon for comment and will report back if we discover anything new.
The Spider-Man Noir TV show comes three months after Amazon and Sony announced a new Spider-Man spin-off series for Prime Video. dubbed Silk: Secret Societywill this project star Cindy Moon’s superpowered persona and is believed to be an extension of Sony’s Spider-Man Cinematic Universe. Silk: Secret Societyy launches internationally on Prime Video and MGM Plus in the US. Angela Kang is already in place as showrunner.
Analysis: an entangled web of crossovers
Amazon’s desire to create its own Spider-Verse is all the more curious considering the vast amount of Spider-Man content (live-action and animation) in development.
Currently, Sony Pictures owns the rights to over 900 Spider-Man characters, including the webslinger’s appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Sony has also been hard at work developing its own Spider-Man style multiverse – commonly referred to as the Sony Spider-Man Universe (SSU) – which houses projects such as venom, Morbiusand the upcoming animated sequel Spider-Man: About the Spider-Verse. Add to that Tom Holland’s Peter Parker who appears in multiple MCU movies, and the addition of a third Spider-Verse on Prime Video will only complicate things.
However, with the SSU set to build on In the Spider-Verse‘s multiversal exploration with the forthcoming Madame Web movie, it’s possible that this Spider-Man Noir show ties into Sony’s overall plan for a much larger Spider-Man multiverse. Alternatively, Sony could keep some of Amazon’s Spider-Man projects separate, especially if it plans to use, say, Silk and Spider-Man Noir in its own multiverse.
Regardless of how Spider-Man Noir‘s TV series fits into the SSU, much more Spidey content to come.