Spider-Man Noir Series at Amazon, MGM+ Casts Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson
variety.comJoe Otterson TV Reporter Lamorne Morris will star alongside Nicolas Cage in the upcoming live-action Spider-Man Noir series at Amazon, Variety has learned.
The show, now titled “Spider-Noir,” was formally ordered to series in May with Cage in the lead role. As previously reported, the show will debut domestically on MGM+’s linear channel and then globally on Amazon Prime Video.
Per the official logline, the show “tells the story of an aging and down on his luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero.” Morris will appear in the series regular role of Robbie Robertson, who is described as “Driven, hard-working, and won’t take no for an answer.
A dedicated journalist trying to make it with the odds stacked against him as a black professional in 1930s New York. He takes on riskier stories that no one else would touch in order to catch attention and a paycheck.
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