What’s black and white and fun all over? Spider-Noir, a new superhero series led by Nicolas Cage.
The show has its roots in 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, in which Cage voiced the Spider-Man variant known as Spider-Man Noir. Appearing in black and white and always accompanied by a rain-scented wind, Spider-Man Noir managed to steal scenes in a film already overflowing with goodness. A large part of that comes down to the casting of Cage, who commits wholeheartedly to Spider-Man Noir’s over-the-top slangy dialogue. (“You gonna fight or you just bumping gums, you hard-boiled turtle-slapper?”) That Cage’s work is much-memed adds an extra layer of hilarity to the role, a wink to the audience that yes, the film got the Nicolas Cage to channel old-timey film detectives.
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As much of a scene stealer as he is, Spider-Man Noir is only onscreen for about five and a half minutes of Into the Spider-Verse. With Spider-Noir, Cage gets to take this Spider-Man variant to new heights in a technically dazzling thrill ride. Sure, it’s familiar — it’s a Spider-Man story, and we’ve seen plenty of those! — but Spider-Noir manages to find a new lease on spidey life with its loving embrace of film noir.
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