‘Spider-Noir’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Say Nicolas Cage Series Has Right Spin

BusinessHollywood & Entertainment‘Spider-Noir’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Say Nicolas Cage Series Has Right SpinByTim Lammers,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment.Follow AuthorMay 24, 2026, 06:58pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more."Spider-Noir" key art.Prime VideoNicolas Cage’s new live-action series, Spider-Noir, based on Marvel’s Spider-Man Noir comic book series, is getting mostly positive reviews from Rotten Tomatoes critics.Cage, of course, played Spider-Man Noir in a voice role in the 2018 Best Animated Feature Oscar winner Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. In the new live-action series, however, Cage makes his television debut as Ben Reilly, a down-on-his-luck private investigator in New York in the 1930s who is forced to assume his past identity as The Spider — the city’s only superhero — after a deep personal tragedy.Forbes‘Mandalorian And Grogu’ Projected To Have Lowest Disney ‘Star Wars’ OpeningBy Tim LammersDeveloped by Oren Uziel and executive produced by Into the Spider-Verse’s producers (and Project Hail Mary directors) Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Spider-Noir also stars Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Jack Huston, Karen Rodriguez, Abraham Popoola and Brendan Gleeson. All eight episodes of Spider-Noir will be released on Monday on MGM+’s linear broadcast channel (on cable, not the MGM+ streaming app), and on streaming on Wednesday on Prime Video. The series will be available to viewers in both “Authentic Black and White” and “True-Hue Full Color,” according to Prime Video.MORE FOR YOUAs of Sunday, Spider-Noir has earned a 91% “fresh” critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer based on 41 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus reads, “Nicolas Cage delivers a gloriously pulpy performance that makes every quip and thwip crackle in Spider-Noir -- a dazzling, stylish blend of ha...