Prime Video don officially cancel di series Spider-Noir after just one season. Di announcement come as big blow to fans wey don dey follow di adventures of Ben Reilly, di character wey Nicolas Cage play.
Di series, wey premiere for May 2026, get eight episodes. E bin don receive plenty critical acclaim, with 11 nominations for Emmy Awards. But according to reports, di audience no grow as di production cost bin high, so Amazon don decide make e no continue.
For di first week, Spider-Noir bin don accumulate 851 million minutes of viewing for United States. Over six weeks, dat one reach 2.6 billion minutes. But even with those numbers, di show no fit stay inside Prime Video top 10 for long time. E quickly comot from di ranking, unlike some oda platform productions wey hold audience well.
Rotten Tomatoes give di series 92% from critics and 90% from audience. IMDb score na 7.7/10, while Allociné get 3.9 out of 5. Di production get special visual concept: e dey offer every episode for both color and black & white. But dis option no help to keep public interest long enough.
Di cancellation still dey surprising because di series bin dey considered strong contender for Emmy Awards. Some people bin think say na di high cost of di production plus di low completion rate cause di problem. For fact, dem bin film di series with black and white first, but Amazon later ask for color version. Dis change make dem reshoot many things, wey double di budget.
Spider-Noir na di first series from di deal between Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television wey concerning Spider-Man characters. Before dis one, dem bin abandon Silk: Spider Society project. But di cancellation no mean say di deal don end. Amazon and Sony still dey develop anoda project for live-action, and some reports say e dey close to getting a series order.
Di cast include Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Jack Huston, and Brendan Gleeson. Di story na about Ben Reilly, a tired private detective for New York for di 1930s, wey become di only real superhero for di city after personal tragedy.
Di final episode no end with cliffhanger; e close di main story well, but e still open some small threads. Di showrunner Oren Uziel bin talk say if dem get season 2, e for like make di story move toward World War II. But dat one no go happen now.
Prime Video no give any official detailed explanation. Nielsen record say di show get 2.6 billion minutes for first six weeks. But di platform fit don consider oda factors like subscription growth. For any case, Spider-Noir don finish. Shey e go get revival for future? Nobody know. For now, di eight episodes remain online for Prime Video.
