Prime Video drops final Spider‑Noir trailer starring Nicolas Cage ahead of release

Prime Video released the final trailer for “Spider-Noir” on May 20, putting Nicolas Cage’s live-action Marvel series back into the week’s studio-promotion cycle ahead of its release. Amazon’s official materials and Prime Video’s YouTube channel said the show will launch in two versions — “True-Hue Full Color” and “Authentic Black & White” — and will roll out first on MGM+ in the United States before its wider Prime Video debut. Entertainment accounts on X circulated the trailer the same day, alongside other upfronts-week TV and film promotion. ### When did Prime Video actually drop the trailer? Prime Video posted the final trailer on May 20, according to the official YouTube listing for “Spider-Noir.” The post described the release as the “final trailer” and said the series would arrive on May 27 on Prime in both color and black-and-white formats. Yahoo’s entertainment coverage, published the same day, reported that Prime Video and Sony Pictures Television had released what it called the final trailer in “two different flavors.” That account matched Amazon’s own framing that viewers will be able to choose between the two presentation formats. (youtube.com) ### What is this series, exactly? (youtube.com) “Spider-Noir” is a live-action series based on the Marvel comic “Spider-Man Noir,” according to Amazon MGM Studios and Marvel. Amazon said the story follows Ben Reilly, played by Cage, as a “seasoned, down on his luck private investigator” in 1930s New York who is forced to confront his past life as the city’s only superhero. (yahoo.com) Marvel’s earlier teaser rollout used the same setup, describing Cage’s character as a burnt-out private eye pulled back into his former identity. Amazon’s press materials say the series is produced by Sony Pictures Television exclusively for MGM+ and Prime Video. ### Why are there two versions of the trailer and the show? (aboutamazon.com) Amazon said viewers can watch “Spider-Noir” in either “Authentic Black & White” or “True-Hue Full Color.” The company used that same two-format pitch in its teaser campaign and repeated it in its May 19 explainer about how to watch the show. Yahoo’s write-up said the final trailer arrived in two versions, reinforcing that the dual-format release is part of the series’ core marketing rather than a one-off trailer stunt. (marvel.com) Prime Video’s official trailer language also tied the final push directly to those two viewing options. ### Who else is in the cast and where did the project come from? (aboutamazon.com) Nicolas Cage stars in what Amazon described in February as his first leading television role. Amazon’s official cast materials list Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Abraham Popoola, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez and Jack Huston among the principal cast. (yahoo.com) Amazon first announced the project at its May 14, 2024 upfront presentation, when MGM+ and Prime Video said they had ordered “Noir” to series from Sony Pictures Television. That announcement said the show would debut first on the MGM+ linear channel and then globally on Prime Video. ### What happens next, and when can people watch it? (press.amazonmgmstudios.com) MGM+’s linear broadcast channel will carry the domestic debut on May 25, Amazon said in its official release materials. Prime Video will then launch the series globally on May 27, including in more than 240 countries and territories, according to Amazon’s “How to watch” page and related company listings. (press.amazonmgmstudios.com) Prime Video’s own title page lists “Spider-Noir” as “coming soon” with a May 27 date, and Amazon’s release calendar identifies it as an original series scheduled for worldwide launch that day. (primevideo.com) (aboutamazon.com)