Spider-Noir Is Canceled, But Nicolas Cage Isn’t Complaining

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In the current streaming landscape, there’s no such thing as a sure thing. Even an Emmy-winning Spider-Man series with a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score can get canceled after just one season, as proven by last week’s confirmation of Spider-Noir’s disappointing fate on Prime Video.If star Nicolas Cage is upset by the Spider-Noir news, he isn’t showing any sign of it right now. In a comment to Deadline, the 62-year-old actor simply stated, “For me, one season is perfect, having said what I wanted to say with this dangerous, innovative, pop-art Spider-Man. Onwards, upwards, inwards.”cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530",}).render("0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796");});Cage may not be disappointed by Spider-Noir’s “one and done” status, but those charmed by the series may feel rather differently. Many had already praised the show’s story of an alternate-universe Spidey, Ben Reilly, who struggles to keep his day job as a private investigator in 1930s New York while resisting the urge to return to life as the city’s lone superhero, The Spider. Cage also seemed to feast on the material in the Prime Video show, giving fans a highlight reel of the kind of fantastic acting choices only he can make as Reilly.Prime Video has never confirmed the budget for Spider-Noir, which was available to watch in both color and black and white, but rumors once swirled online that it may have spent up to $400 million making it. K.C. Lauf, who worked on Spider-Noir’s second unit crew, also revealed on Threads that the color version of the series was originally unplanned and it “required reshoots for almost a year,” which may have increased the cost of making the show considerably. Even if the streamer spent half as much as the rumors suggested, its ultimately underwhelming viewership could have contributed to the cancellation decision. Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television’s Marvel deal is set to continue, despite Spider-Noir’s cancellation and a previous effort based on the character of Silk shelved before it even got off the ground. That show was reportedly nixed in favor of pursuing Spider-Noir, but now that a bow has been tied on its lone season, it’s unclear which Spidey spinoff project will make it to fruition next. Deadline reports that one such project is “nearing a series order,” though “its concept is being kept under wraps” for now.Admittedly, Spider-Noir had largely wrapped up its own story when it concluded, but fans had hoped for more adventures in the future after Ben Reilly and his secretary Janet Ruiz (Karen Rodriguez) finally teamed up to manage their private investigation business together.The post Spider-Noir Is Canceled, But Nicolas Cage Isn’t Complaining appeared first on Den of Geek.