Prime Video Developing Detective Series Described as The Boys Meets Batman

The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards celebrated another year of television performances and creative choices. Some of the night’s biggest winners, like Apple TV+’s Widow’s Bay and HBO Max’s The Pitt, received plenty of attention following the ceremony, but another overlooked genre series from Prime Video went home with several trophies as well.

Spider-Noir, Prime Video’s live-action adaptation of the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man Noir, won five Emmys at the festivities. The series stars Nicolas Cage as the titular private detective-turned-superhero. It took home the awards for Outstanding Title Design, Outstanding Sound Editing For a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour), Outstanding Cinematography For a Series (One Hour), Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode, and Outstanding Stunt Coordination For Comedy Programming.

Spider-Noir received eleven nominations total, also scoring nods for Outstanding Production Design For a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More), Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour), Outstanding Stunt Performance, Outstanding Music Composition For a Series (Original Dramatic Score), Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup, and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. These awards were part of the Creative Arts segment of the Emmys rather than the primetime telecast, making Spider-Noir the most-awarded Marvel show in Emmys history. The show’s bold aesthetic choices include being available to stream in both color and black-and-white.

The Emmy wins came two days after Prime Video announced that the show had been canceled after one season. The streaming service has not revealed why the decision was made, but reports indicate plans to develop more television shows inspired by Sony’s roster of Spider-Man characters. Showrunner and co-creator Oren Uziel revealed in a recent interview that Season 2 would have moved to a new location and could have reached a point of tackling World War II.

“We made a very closed-ended show,” Uziel said in the same interview. “There’s a reason we were honoring these old noirs. The story begins when the client comes into the private detective’s office, and it ends when they solve the case. So, it was nicely buttoned up. We told a story. It felt a little bit like a long movie. So, it’s bittersweet to not get right back to work with this cast and crew. But also, I have no regrets.”

Spider-Noir starred Cage in his first leading television role as Ben Reilly, a private detective and superhero in 1930s New York. The series also starred Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson, Li Jun Li as Cat Hardy, Karen Rodriguez as Janet Ruiz, Abraham Popoola as Lonnie Lincoln / Tombstone, Jack Huston as Flint Marko / Sandman, and Brendan Gleeson as Finn Byrne / Silvermane.

Source: Polygon