‘Spider-Noir’ may be gone after just one season, but showrunner Oren Uziel has revealed that the series had plenty of story left to tell. And that makes the show’s cancellation sting a little more, especially because Season 1 clearly left room for a much bigger journey.
Season 1 Left Ben Reilly’s Story Open And Season 2 Could’ve Stretched That World Further
Uziel recently explained that, if he had gotten his way, Season 2 could have taken Ben Reilly far beyond 1930s New York, exploring different noir settings and eventually moving toward the looming shadow of World War II.
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“There are so many L.A. noirs we could have dove into. There are European noirs we could have dove into, There are other places to go. You’re starting in 1933. Where is that heading? It’s heading toward just the most cataclysmic time, World War II. There was a lot of storytelling that could have happened there,” he shared.
The first season followed Ben Reilly as a private investigator who was forced to confront his past as the Spider. The eight-episode season eventually brought its central conflicts to a head, with Ben facing Silvermane and the various superpowered threats surrounding the mystery.
However, the finale didn’t feel like the end of Ben’s world. It felt more like the beginning of another chapter, particularly with his complicated relationship to his powers and his decision about whether he should continue being the Spider.
‘Spider-Noir’ Won 5 Emmys After Cancellation
The cancellation is especially brutal because Spider-Noir had become one of Prime Video’s major Emmy contenders. The series received 11 Emmy nominations, the most of any Prime Video series that year. And remarkably, it has already won five Creative Arts Emmys: for title design, sound editing, cinematography, visual effects and stunt coordination.
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So, ‘Spider-Noir’ didn’t disappear because it was some forgotten superhero experiment. It had critical recognition, a distinctive visual identity and, according to its showrunner, several more stories waiting to be told.
That’s what makes the cancellation frustrating. We aren’t just losing another superhero show. We are losing the chance to see what Nicolas Cage’s strange, wonderfully committed version of Spider-Man could have become as the world around him grew darker. And Uziel’s comments make that missed opportunity even more frustrating.
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