{"id":436093,"date":"2026-05-20T04:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/436093\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T04:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:03:14","slug":"spider-noir-final-trailer-puts-a-new-twist-on-an-enduring-spider-man-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/436093\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider-Noir Final Trailer Puts a New Twist on an Enduring Spider-Man Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even if you\u2019ve never read a Spider-Man<\/a> comic, you probably know the eighth page of Amazing Spider-Man #50. That splash page features a trash can in the foreground with the Spider-Man costume stuffed on top. In the background, Peter Parker sulks away in his civilian clothes. The page, recreated in all manner of media, including 2004\u2019s Spider-Man 2<\/a>, pays off the promise of the story\u2019s title: \u201cSpider-Man, no more!\u201d<\/p>\n

The new series Spider-Noir takes place in a different universe than that of Amazing Spider-Man #50, a 1930s New York populated by gangsters and super-people. And instead of Peter Parker, the show is about Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage<\/a>), a man who once fought crime as a web-slinger called the Spider. But as the final trailer for Spider-Noir makes clear, Ben Reilly crumbles under the weight of great power and great responsibility, just like every other Spider-Man in every other reality.<\/p>\n

In the trailer, we learn that Ben used to be the wall-crawling hero. But for reasons not yet clear, Ben set his costume aside and has been making a living as a private detective. But when the gangster Silvermane (Brendan Gleeson) starts gaining strength via his super-powered henchmen, Ben feels the call to become the Spider once again.<\/p>\n

Whether Ben Reilly or Peter Parker, whether in comics or films, whether in animation or live action, every Spider-Person entertains the thought of chucking it all into the garbage and living their lives. The tension is implied in the most famous line from the Spider-Man franchise, with great power comes great responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even if you\u2019ve never read a Spider-Man comic, you probably know the eighth page of Amazing Spider-Man #50.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-436093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}