"Spider-Man Noir" Live-Action Series Is Still Happening

The Spider-Verse animated trilogy is not the only Marvel project writers and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller are overseeing.

During an exclusive interview with Collider, the duo spoke about Amazon's long-awaited Amazon's "Spider-Man Noir" live-action series following the fan-favorite character from 2018’s "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse".

"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" tells the origin story of Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), a teenager who has to discover how to be Spider-Man after his timeline’s Peter Parker is killed. Fortunately, Miles is not alone since multiverse shenanigans bring several versions of the Webslinger to his dimension. 

One of these Variants is Spider-Noir, (voiced by Nicolas Cage) a detective noir version of the hero who literally sees the world in shades of grey.

The untitled series will follow an older, grizzled superhero in 1930s New York City. An individual with knowledge of the project says that the show will be set in its own universe and the main character will not be Peter Parker.

Miller explained the project is currently on hold, noting: “It was [in development] until the writers’ strike and everything shut down. But once that gets resolved, we'll get back into it. But it's coming along nicely.” 

Hollywood writers have been on strike since early May, fighting for fair wages while big studios refuse to negotiate. 

This is the second known project based on the Sony-controlled Marvel characters at Amazon Prime Video and MGM+. It was previously announced that Amazon was moving forward with the series “Silk: Spider Society” from showrunner Angela Kang, with several other shows in the works. 

Oren Uziel will serve as writer and executive producer on the Spider-Man Noir show. Uziel developed the show along with Lord and Miller and former Sony boss Amy Pascal, who all executive produce. Pascal executive produces via Pascal Pictures. Sony Pictures Television is the studio, with Lord and Miller currently under an overall deal there.

The Spider-Man Noir comics originally debuted in 2009 as part of the Marvel Noir universe. That version of the iconic superhero lives in New York during the Great Depression. He is bitten by a spider hidden inside a stolen artifact, causing him to have visions of a spider god who grants him superpowers.

 The character has previously appeared onscreen in the animated series “Ultimate Spider-Man” with Milo Ventimiglia providing his voice.

The Amazon show will be the first live-action iteration of Spider-Man Noir.

Sony has released multiple Spider-Man live-action films in the past. The company is also behind “Into the Spider-Verse,” which won the Academy Award for best-animated film in 2019. Two sequels to that film are currently in the works, with the first — “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” — due out in theaters in June 2023.

To date, Sony has also released the live-action films “Venom” and its sequel “Let There Be Carnage” starring Tom Hardy, as well as “Morbius” starring Jared Leto. 

A third “Venom” film is currently in development, while Sony is also at work on film versions of characters like “Kraven the Hunter” starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and “Madame Web” starring Dakota Johnson, among several others.