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In Spider-Noir, Nicolas Cage stars as a not-so-friendly neighborhood 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 color. 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.
Karen Rodriguez as Janet, the private eye’s resourceful Girl Friday (and comic book aficionado.)
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 color. Just like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz—if you’d like a two-bit 1930s comparison that ain’t a film noir.
