Nicolas Cage breaks silence after ‘Spider Noir’ cancellation with surprising one season verdict

The Marvel series earned 11 Emmy nominations and 2.6 billion viewing minutes in its first six weeks

Nicolas Cage has responded to Prime Video cancelling Spider Noir after a single season, and his reaction is far calmer than fans might have expected. The Oscar winning actor said he considers the one season enough to tell the story he wanted to tell, despite the series earning strong reviews and receiving 11 Emmy nominations.

"For me, one season is perfect, having said what I wanted to say with this dangerous, innovative, pop art Spider Man," Cage said in a statement to Deadline. He ended his response with the words, "Onwards, upwards, inwards."

Prime Video confirmed that Spider Noir would not return for a second season after its eight episode first season. The cancellation arrived only a few months after the series premiered, making the decision particularly striking given the attention surrounding Cage's first regular television role.

The series premiered on MGM+ on May 25 before arriving on Prime Video on May 27. It stars Cage as Ben Reilly, a private investigator living in 1930s New York who is forced to confront his former identity as the city's only superhero following a personal tragedy. The cast also includes Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Abraham Popoola, Jack Huston and Brendan Gleeson.

One of the show's most distinctive features was its presentation. Audiences could watch Spider Noir in colour or in black and white, reflecting the production's deliberately old fashioned film noir aesthetic. The series drew inspiration from classic crime cinema while placing Cage's version of Spider Man inside a period detective story.

The cancellation also came at a complicated point for the show because its awards prospects remained strong. Spider Noir received 11 Emmy nominations in 2026, the highest nomination total for any Prime Video series that year. The nominations covered categories including production design, cinematography, title design, prosthetic makeup, sound, music, visual effects and stunt work.

The series also attracted a sizeable streaming audience. According to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings figures reported Spider Noir accumulated 2.6 billion viewing minutes in the United States during its first six weeks. The numbers nevertheless did not translate into a second season, with the show's performance understood in the context of its production costs and its ability to maintain viewing momentum.

Cage had already sounded comfortable with the possibility of the story ending after its first season. In an earlier interview with Variety, he indicated that the creative team had achieved what it set out to accomplish and that the first season could stand on its own. His latest statement therefore continues a position he had expressed around the show's May release rather than representing a sudden change of heart.

The role was also significant in Cage's career because Spider Noir marked his first regular television series role. He previously voiced a version of Spider Man Noir in Spider Man: Into the Spider Verse, but the Prime Video series allowed him to develop the character in live action across an entire season.