1 of 5 | Nicolas Cage is "Spider-Noir," on Prime Video Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Prime
LOS ANGELES, May 22 (UPI) -- Spider-Noir, on Prime Video Wednesday, fulfills the promise of the character's Into the Spider-Verse cameo. It places a Spider-Man in a 1930s film noir world and lets Nicolas Cage react to that jarring combination.
Ben Reilly (Cage) is a 1930s private detective who gave up being The Spider five years ago when he could not save his love, Ruby Williams (Amanda Schull). When Carmedy (Ben Howe) hires Ben to follow his wife, Cat (Li Jun Li), it leads Ben to a much bigger case than possible adultery.
Ben's narration introduces the show by asking what universe this is. Ben himself doesn't know about others but it alludes to the concept of the multiverse from the animated movie.
It also insinuates Ben is not the same Spider-Noir who met Miles Morales and Spider-Ham so there must be at least two Great Depression Spider-Men in the multiverse. Also, this one probably wouldn't be rated PG like the animated film.
