Spider-Man Noir series on Amazon, MGM+ casts Brendan Gleeson

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Brendan Gleeson has joined the cast of Amazon’s upcoming Spider-Man Noir series. diversity learned from sources.

This is one of Gleeson’s first announced projects since his Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated performance in The Banshees of Inisherin. Gleeson will star in the series alongside previously announced lead actor Nicolas Cage, as well as recently cast Lamorne Morris. The series, now titled Spider-Noir, has been officially ordered for May with Cage in the lead role. As previously reported, the series will debut domestically on MGM+’s linear channel and then globally on Amazon Prime Video.

Amazon declined to comment on Gleeson’s casting.

According to the official logline, the show “tells the story of an aging and down-on-his-luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York who must come to terms with his former life as the city’s only superhero.”

Exact details of Gleeson’s role are being kept secret, but reports suggest he will play the villain in the series.

In addition to his many critically acclaimed film roles, Gleeson has also appeared in several successful television series in recent years. These include the crime drama “Mr. Mercedes,” based on Stephen King’s Bill Hodges series of novels, and the Showtime miniseries “The Comey Rule,” in which Gleeson played President Donald Trump. In 2009, Gleeson also won an Emmy for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the television movie “Into the Storm.” In film, in addition to “Banshees of Inisherin,” he is known for his roles in films such as “In Bruges,” “The Guard,” “Cavalry,” several entries in the “Harry Potter” series, “Braveheart,” and “Gangs of New York.”

He is represented by CAA, The Agency and Principle Entertainment.

Spider-Noir comes from Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot, who will also serve as co-showrunners and executive producers. They developed the series with the Into the Spider-Verse team of Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal, who will all also serve as executive producers. Harry Bradbeer will executive produce and direct the first two episodes. Pascal is an executive producer at Pascal Pictures. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios, with Lord and Miller currently under an overall deal with Sony.

“Spider-Noir” was the second show announced as part of a partnership between Amazon and Sony to develop projects around Marvel characters related to Spider-Man that are controlled by Sony. The first was “Silk: Spider Society,” which was originally greenlit for a 2022 release, but in May it was reported that the show would not move forward at Amazon.