Spider-Noir Confirms Sandman Actor and Narrows Release Window to Spring 2026

Amazon’s Spider-Noir amusement has narrowed its 2026 merchandise window, portion revealing it volition diagnostic an quality by Flint Marko, a.k.a. Sandman, alongside a fewer different acquainted faces.

New details connected the live-action Spider-Verse spinoff bid travel from Esquire, which spoke with showrunner Oren Uziel, producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and prima Nicolas Cage to larn much astir however it blends black-and-white and colour to archer a caller Spider-Man story. It comes with an updated docket that volition spot the amusement premiere this outpouring connected MGM+ and Prime Video, portion unveiling much accusation astir immoderate of its large characters.

While Cage’s clip arsenic Ben Reilly/The Spider volition spot him investigating assassination attempts against Marvel Comics villain Silvermane (played by Brendan Gleeson), a fewer different notable Spider-Man regulars volition amusement up, too. One astonishment quality volition spot Flint Marko (played by Jack Huston) play a relation arsenic “hired muscle,” though it’s unclear if he’ll athletics the powers that earned him his Sandman title. Femme fatale Cat Hardy/Black Cat (played by Li Jun Li) is different acquainted sanction viewers tin expect to spot entangled successful Spider-Noir’s story.

“In each the large detective stories, you person 2 cases that benignant of travel unneurotic and you recognize you're really moving the aforesaid thing,” Uziel teases. “He’s a feline getting dragged into a overmuch larger combat that helium doesn't truly privation to beryllium a portion of. Silvermane is the large bad, but what's happening to Silvermane connects backmost to Ben's past and gets him spiraling deeper and deeper into his ain origins.”

Cage brought black-and-white enigma and comedic alleviation erstwhile helium played Spider-Man Noir successful 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It sounds similar immoderate of that portrayal volition beryllium retained successful Spider-Noir, with the Pig and Raising Arizona histrion teasing that his quality is “70 percent Humphrey Bogart, and 30 percent Bugs Bunny.”

Meanwhile, Lord says Cage told them his mentation of the quality is similar “‘a spider trying to cosplay arsenic a human.’”

“That's wherefore you formed Nicolas Cage,” Miller added. “He's going to travel astatine a quality successful a mode that nary 1 other would deliberation of.”

Spider-Noir volition plaything onto Prime Video wrong the adjacent fewer months but has nary circumstantial merchandise date. It volition besides diagnostic Lamorne Morris arsenic freelance writer Robbie Robertson and Karen Rodriguez arsenic Ben Reilly’s secretary, Janet. New footage from CCXP25 revealed a sneak peek astatine the amusement up of its premiere.

Michael Cripe is simply a freelance writer with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).