It’s not every day that a critically acclaimed, fan-favorite TV series wins several Emmy Awards two days after being canceled.
Yet that’s the case with “Spider-Noir,” the Prime Video series starring Nicolas Cage as a hard-boiled 1950s private eye who also has the web-slinging superpowers of Spider-Man.
Five Emmy Wins
As People reports, “Spider-Noir” nabbed an impressive five Emmys during the 2026 edition of the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, September 6.
The series won Emmys for Outstanding Title Design, Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour), Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour), Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode, and Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Comedy Programming.
Those five wins came from a total of 11 nominations — the most of any Prime Video series this year.
Meanwhile, the show had been basking in critical acclaim. With an impressive 92 percent Rotten Tomatoes score and glowing reviews, the streamer’s decision to axe the show after just one season is understandably puzzling.
Soaring Production Costs Ended ‘Spider-Noir’
Neither the rave reviews, fan fervor and Emmy wins could save the show, which was a victim of the high production values that helped make it so successful in the first place.
That was the report from Deadline, which noted that the series generated 2.6 billion viewing minutes in the U.S. during its eight-episode run, according to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings. However, the outlet also noted that “Spider-Noir” dropped off Prime Video’s daily Top 10 rankings more quickly than other shows.
When added to the production costs — the series reportedly cost $400 million to make — the streamer determined it was simply not economically feasible to proceed with a second season.
Nicolas Cage Isn’t Looking Back
GettyShortly after the announcement that “Spider-Noir” had been canceled, Cage broke his silence on the situation.
“For me, one season is perfect, having said what I wanted to say with this dangerous, innovative, pop-art Spider-Man,” the actor said in a statement to Deadline. “Onwards, upwards, inwards,” he added.
In a previous interview with Variety, Cage admitted there was uncertainty about the future of the series.
At the time, he shared similar sentiments, hopeful that the saga could continue but also satisfied with what had been accomplished in the first season.
“I do not know,” he said when asked if a second season would be happening.
“But I would say that whether it happens or not, all of us achieved what we set out to do, and it works on its own,” he added. “We’ll see what happens.”
Next for Nicolas Cage
Meanwhile, fans of Cage won’t have to wait long to see the actor’s next project, which he filmed immediately after completing work on “Spider-Noir.”
That project is “Madden,” a new Prime Videeo biopic from director David O. Russell in which Cage plays beloved NFL analyst John Madden.
Interviewed by Deadline, Cage admitted he didn’t have a lot of time to prepare, swinging from “Spider-Noir” to “Madden” as soon as the former had wrapped.
“It was a bit of a learning curve and a fast cut,” Cage said. “When you do a season of television, it’s equivalent to making four movies back-to-back. It’s a lot.”
An addition challenge was the fact that Cage would be portraying a well-known real-life person.
“So, I was talking like an old-world film noir actor for a long time and then suddenly David O. Russell is inviting me to play this famous football coach, who was also a TV personality, who had a very specific way of talking, nothing like a film noir actor,” Cage explained.
“And frankly, nothing like me. I have nothing in common with John Madden, and that was the challenge,” he added. “But when we rehearsed, David tried to help me find the voice and I said to him, ‘It may not be anatomically possible, OK?’ So, I figured that maybe we’d just make a cocktail of the John Madden sound with a little of this and that and we’ll reintroduce something of my version of his voice.”
“Madden” will be making its debut November 18 on Prime Video.
