Summary
TheNoirTV show starring Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man will repeat Tobey Maguire’s biggest movie change. TheNoirTV show was announced in 2024, coming as a surprise to many. Despite Cage voicing the character inSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, theupcoming Spider-Man TV showwas certainly unexpected. Many assumed Cage would only reprise his role inSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’s story, but a live-action reimagining of the character is in the works at Amazon Prime.
With theupcoming Marvel TV showcausing a lot of excitement, attention is naturally turning to how the character will be developed in live-action. Given the title of the show and the character it takes its name from,Noirwill likely be a more detective-based story around the character of Spider-Man. As such, the show will be different from most other iterations of the Web-Slinger, especially theMCU’s upcomingSpider-Man 4. That said,Noirwill match one iteration of the hero - specifically Tobey Maguire’s - by repeating a major comic book changemade for the Raimi trilogy.
Nicolas Cage’s Noir Will Likely Be The Second Spider-Man With Organic Web Shooters
Spider-Man Noir Did Not Have Artificial Web Shooters In The Comics
The change in question is Spider-Man’s organic web shooters. In Marvel Comics, Spider-Man has long been known for his webbing, which is formed by Peter Parker’s development of technological web shooters mounted on his wrists. However, upon the release of 2002’sSpider-Man, it became clear that Sam Raimi changed this for Maguire’s Spider-Man, making the webbing an organic creation within his body as a result of the radioactive spider bite.
Why Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man Has Organic Web Shooters
Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man had organic web-shooters, a choice Sam Raimi made. Here’s why Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker makes his own organic webbing.
This was a big change from Marvel Comics and was reversed for subsequent live-action Spider-Man actors Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland. WithNoir, though, it seems organic web shooters will return. In Spider-Man Noir’s original comics, his webbing was organic, manifesting as a blob-like net of webbing. If theNoirTV show adapts this,Nicolas Cage’s Spider-Man Noir will become the second live-action Spider-Man to forego artificial webbing in favor of organic shooters.
Why Organic Web Shooters Make So Much Sense For Noir
Noir’s Time Setting & Central Character Make Organic Web Shooters The Correct Choice
Although organic web shooters were a point of discourse surrounding Maguire’s Spider-Man, it makes a lot of sense forNoir. Firstly, it follows the comics in a way Maguire’s change did not. Secondly, the major differences surrounding the character of Spider-Man Noir mean that artificial web shooters would be nonsensical. The show is expected to take place in the 1930s, meaning the technology for artificial web shooters would not have been created yet.
It would simply be out of character for him to create a piece of technology like web shooters, further supporting the organic creation of his webbing…
This is supported by web shooters being highly advanced in modern-day Spidey stories, let alone in the past. Furthermore, the version of Spider-Man inNoiris not a scientific genius like Peter Parker is. It would simply be out of character for him to create a piece of technology like web shooters, further supporting the organic creation of his webbing. Dialing back Spider-Man’s web shooters forNoirwill help sell the more grounded, less fantastical, gritty tone that the show will undoubtedly be striving for, all while providing an organic similarity with Tobey Maguire’s iteration of the Marvel Comics hero.
Spider-Noir
Cast
In Spider-Noir, an aging and down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero. Spider-Noir, starring Nicolas Cage, is the first live-action series based on the Spider-Man corner of the Marvel Universe.
