Prime Video's Sci-Fi Detective Series Is Officially Dead

Published Sep 4, 2026, 5:20 PM EDT Ryan O'Rourke is a Senior News Writer at Collider with a specific interest in all things adult animation, video game adaptations, and the work of Mike Flanagan. He is also an experienced baseball writer with over six years of articles between multiple outlets, most notably FanSided's CubbiesCrib. Whether it's taking in a baseball game, a new season of Futurama or Castlevania: Nocturne, or playing the latest From Software title, he is always finding ways to show his fandom. When it comes to gaming and anything that takes inspiration from it, he is deeply opinionated on what's going on. Outside of entertainment, he's a graduate of Eureka College with a Bachelor's in Communication where he honed his craft as a writer. Between The IV Leader at Illinois Valley Community College and The Pegasus at Eureka, he spent the majority of his college career publishing articles on everything from politics to campus happenings and, of course, entertainment for the student body. Those principles he learned covering the 2020 election, Palestine, and so much more are brought here to Collider, where he has gleefully written on everything from the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes to Nathan Lane baby-birding sewer boys. This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.Few genres have thrived on Prime Video quite like the crime thriller. From Reacher to Cross and the extended Bosch universe, many of the biggest recent success stories for the platform lean on the grounded and gritty end of entertainment, being driven by their complicated, proficient, and often deadly lead investigators. One of the streamer's latest entries into the genre, however, came not from a bestselling detective novel, but the pages of Marvel Comics — Spider-Noir. Premiering at the end of May on Amazon's flagship service and its sister streamer, MGM+, the series featured Nicolas Cage in his first-ever series regular role on television, playing the titular superhero crime-solver in live-action after last voicing another version of the character in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. While it launched as a massive success, earning 11 Emmy nominations for its distinct noir style and plenty of acclaim from both critics and audiences, the office of Ben Reilly is now being closed for good. Prime Video has officially cancelled Spider-Noir after just one season, meaning the troubled Spider's story will end with just eight episodes. It's a bit of a shock considering it wasn't just the most-nominated Marvel television series, not named WandaVision, but it debuted with 2.6 billion viewing minutes in its first six weeks. With an unceremonious end, it's not the beginning anyone expected from Amazon's partnership with Sony Pictures to develop Marvel-related projects. Adapted for television by Oren Uziel and co-showrun by Uziel and Steve Lightfoot, Spider-Noir took place in Great Depression-era New York, where Reilly, an aging, down-on-his-luck private investigator who has abandoned his old life as the city's only superhero following a crushing tragedy. When an extraordinary case comes across his desk that he can't ignore, however, he's forced to wrestle with his past as The Spider and swing back into action to stop the criminals who have taken over the streets, like Silvermane, Sandman, and Megawatt. Cage was accompanied by New Girl star Lamorne Morris as Ben's best friend, Robbie Robertson, and Li Jun Li as Cat Hardy, alongside Karen Rodriguez, Abraham Popoola, Jack Huston, and Brendan Gleeson​​​​​​​. Release Date May 27, 2026 Network MGM+ Showrunner Oren Uziel, Steve Lightfoot Directors Harry Bradbeer Franchise(s) Spider-Man Creator(s) Oren Uziel This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available. TV News Spider-Noir Prime Video