The web snaps. Prime Video has decided not to move forward with a second season of Spider-Noir, the 1930s Marvel private-eye series that put Nicolas Cage in the trench coat as Ben Reilly — even after critics cheered, audiences showed up, and Emmy voters paid attention.
The cancellation lands as a sharp contrast to the show’s scorecard. Spider-Noir posted a 92% critics score and 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and collected 11 Emmy nominations — the most of any Prime Video series in 2026. Launch week hit No. 2 on Nielsen’s U.S. Top 10 for original series with 851 million viewing minutes, and the first six weeks totaled about 2.6 billion minutes in the U.S., according to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings.
What the show was
Set in Depression-era New York, the live-action series followed Ben Reilly as a down-on-his-luck investigator forced to confront a buried superhero past after personal tragedy. It debuted May 25 on MGM+ before going global on Prime Video on May 27, part of the broader Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television collaboration around Sony’s Marvel Characters universe.
That deal’s first title, the Spider-Man spinoff Silk, was already scrapped before cameras. Spider-Noir became the first series from the pact to actually reach screens — and now the first to end after a single season. Amazon and Sony are still developing other projects under the same umbrella, with at least one concept reportedly nearing a series order while staying under wraps.
Why cancel a hit?
Streaming math is rarely about Rotten Tomatoes alone. Cost of period production, Cage’s schedule, and how renewals compete with newer IP bets all weigh heavier than a strong first-week chart. Amazon was expected to wait and see how Spider-Noir performed before greenlighting siblings; the wait apparently answered “no” on season two even while the partnership itself continues.
For fans, the sting is familiar: a stylish, nominated Marvel-adjacent series that felt finished as a vibe and unfinished as a story. Cage’s first major TV lead role ends without a second act, and 1930s New York loses its only costumed detective on the schedule. Whether another title from the Amazon–Sony Marvel slate inherits that momentum — or whether Spider-Noir becomes a one-season cult favorite — is the next chapter nobody ordered.
As of September 4, 2026 reporting, Prime Video’s decision is final: no season two.