Spider-Noir has been canceled after one season. Prime Video and MGM+ confirmed on September 4, 2026 that the eight-episode Nicolas Cage series will not return for a second season, despite 11 Emmy nominations, a 92% Rotten Tomatoes critics score and a reported $400 million season-one budget.
Last updated: September 4, 2026.
Why Spider-Noir is over after one season
Prime Video canceled Spider-Noir on September 4, 2026, just over three months after the series premiered on May 27, 2026, and one day before the Creative Arts Emmys weekend where it holds 11 nominations — the most of any Prime Video series this year. No official reason was given in the studios’ statement, which is what makes the decision unusual: shows with a 92% critics score and a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes are rarely cut after a single season, and outlets covering the news — The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and GoldDerby — all frame the cancellation as a surprise given those numbers.
The likely explanation is economic rather than critical. Spider-Noir’s first season reportedly cost around $400 million to produce, largely because the production filmed both a full-color and a black-and-white version of every episode to support the show’s noir presentation. The series drew 2.6 billion streaming minutes and stayed on Prime Video’s daily Top 10 only briefly before dropping off, which is the kind of falloff a $400 million budget cannot absorb even with strong reviews.
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Season 1 premiere | May 27, 2026 |
| Episodes | 8 |
| Reported season budget | ~$400 million |
| Rotten Tomatoes critics score | 92% |
| Rotten Tomatoes audience score | 90% |
| Emmy nominations | 11 (most of any Prime Video series in 2026) |
| Streaming minutes | 2.6 billion |
| Cancellation announced | September 4, 2026 |
Who Nicolas Cage was actually playing
Nicolas Cage did not play Peter Parker. He played Ben Reilly — a name comic readers will recognize as Parker’s clone from Marvel’s 1990s Clone Saga, who later operated as Scarlet Spider before eventually taking on the Spider-Man identity himself in the comics. In Spider-Noir, “Ben Reilly” is repurposed as an alias adopted by a masked vigilante the show calls only “The Spider,” operating in a 1930s New York styled after pulp heroes like The Spirit and The Shadow rather than the more familiar Peter Parker mythology.
Showrunners Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot made that swap deliberately. Uziel has said Peter Parker “feels very synonymous with a high school kid,” and the production wanted a Spider-Man variant old enough to drink, get beaten down, and carry the weight of a noir detective story — something the mainline character’s mythology resists. The result borrowed a real piece of Spider-Man continuity (Ben Reilly is genuinely a Marvel Comics identity, not an invention for the show) and used it to sidestep the licensing and tone constraints that come with the name “Spider-Man” itself. The full cast beyond Cage included Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Abraham Popoola, Jack Huston and Brendan Gleeson.
For readers who want the deeper comics history behind that name, we’ve covered Ben Reilly’s origin as Peter Parker’s clone decades before Prime Video borrowed the name for this show.
What happens to the story now
With no season 2, Spider-Noir’s eight episodes stand as a closed story rather than the first act of something longer. CBR and TV Insider both note that Amazon MGM Studios is not walking away from the wider Sony/Marvel noir-and-pulp sandbox the show was built to test — the studio is reportedly still developing other live-action projects drawing on Sony’s Spider-Man Universe characters — but nothing has been announced as a direct replacement for this specific series or cast.
The cancellation adds Spider-Noir to a growing list of critically praised genre shows that streaming budgets did not survive in 2026, a pattern worth watching if you’re tracking which comic-inspired series actually make it past a first season. For a look at which small-screen Marvel projects have actually gone the distance, we’ve ranked the best Marvel TV shows that did.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why was Spider-Noir canceled after one season?
Prime Video and MGM+ gave no official reason, but the show’s reported $400 million season budget against streaming minutes that fell off Prime Video’s Top 10 quickly is the likely driver, despite a 92% Rotten Tomatoes critics score and 11 Emmy nominations.
Is Spider-Noir about Peter Parker?
No. Nicolas Cage plays a masked vigilante called The Spider who uses the alias Ben Reilly — a real Marvel Comics identity originally introduced as Peter Parker’s clone in the 1990s Clone Saga, repurposed here as a stand-in name for an older, noir version of Spider-Man.
How many episodes of Spider-Noir are there?
Eight episodes make up the complete series, which premiered May 27, 2026 and will not continue into a second season.
Did Spider-Noir get any Emmy nominations?
Yes, 11 nominations, including production design, prosthetic makeup, visual effects, and stunt coordination and performance — the most of any Prime Video series this year. The cancellation was announced one day before Creative Arts Emmys weekend.
Is Spider-Noir connected to other Marvel or Sony Spider-Man projects?
It exists in its own noir-styled continuity rather than the mainline Marvel Cinematic Universe or Sony’s Spider-Man Universe films, though it draws on Marvel’s Spider-Man Noir comics for its premise.
