A Spider-Man Noir live-action series is in the works at through Amazon Prime Video, according to Variety. 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.” This is the second known project based on Sony-controlled Marvel characters with Amazon Prime Video and MGM+. Additionally, Amazon announced that they are working on a series titled Silk: Spider Society from show runner Angela King. They also have several other shows in the works.
Oren Uziel will executive produce and write the Spider-Man Noir show. He developed the show with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse producers, Christopher Miller and Phil Lord. Miller and Lord are under an overall deal with Sony Pictures Televison to make the show possible. Additionally, Amy Pascal, former Sony boss, will also executive produce through Pascal Pictures. Uziel has an impressive writing credit log with the likes of The Lost City, 22 Jump Street, Mortal Kombat (2021), The Cloverfield Paradox, John Wick 4, and Borderlands. Curate and Myman Greenspan represent Uziel.
Spider-Man Noir
The comic series for Spider-Man Noir debuted in 2009 as part of Marvel’s Noir universe. In the comics, Spider-Man Noir lives in New York during the 1930’s Great Depression. A radioactive spider that he found inside a stolen artifact bites him. This causes him to have visions of a spider-god who grants him super powers. Milo Ventimiglia voiced Spider-Man Noir in the animated series, Ultimate Spider-Man. Notably, Nicholas Cage voiced the character in the academy award-winning 2018 film, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Amazon’s rendition of the character will be its first live-action interpretation.
Sony has a history of releasing Spider-Man live-action films since they obtained the rights to the character. Tom Holland has played Peter Parker via Columbia Pictures. Sony is also the mastermind behind Into the Spider-Verse. Sony is creating two sequels to that film. The first sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, has a release date of June 2023. Sony also made the live-actions films, Venom, and its sequel Let There Be Carnage. The company also has Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web in the works.
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