{"id":788278,"date":"2026-10-01T06:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788278\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T06:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:54:11","slug":"nicolas-cage-says-the-marvel-cinematic-universe-is-glorified-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788278\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Cage Says the Marvel Cinematic Universe ‘Is Glorified WWE’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNicolas Cage<\/a>\u2018s critique of the Marvel Cinematic Universe during a recent conversation at Fan Expo Dallas (via The Playlist<\/a>) is quickly gaining traction on social media, with many people either agreeing with the Oscar-winning actor or questioning him considering his own ties to superhero projects. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI do say this with love,\u201d Cage said at the convention. \u201cWhen I see these 50-plus and otherwise intelligent and remarkably gifted thespians putting on these ridiculous outfits and getting ready for the fight \u2014 let\u2019s face it, it\u2019s all cutting to the fight \u2014 it\u2019s hard for me not to be reminded that the MCU is becoming a well-funded and glorified WWE.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCage is not a member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, although he just played the title character in Sony\u2019s Marvel series \u201cSpider-Noir.\u201d The show was canceled<\/a> after one season, which consisted of eight episodes. Cage also played the Marvel superhero Ghost Rider in two movies, 2007\u2019s \u201cGhost Rider\u201d and 2012\u2019s \u201cGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,\u201d and now the comic book character is officially joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe courtesy of Ryan Gosling. The MCU\u2019s \u201cGhost Rider,\u201d directed by Shawn Levy, is on the release calendar for July 28, 2028.<\/p>\n

\n\tCage\u2019s \u201cSpider-Noir\u201d series was based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man Noir and was adapted for television by Oren Uziel. The series took place during the Great Depression and starred Cage as Ben Reilly, \u201ca seasoned, down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city\u2019s one and only superhero.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking to Variety<\/a> before the show\u2019s premiere, Cage said he was attracted to \u201cSpider-Noir\u201d not because of its superhero roots but because the show was being designed in black and white as a classic film noir (and thus with shades of German expressionism thrown in). <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI wanted to try to create an essence of some of my favorite old world actors because I wanted to embody that style \u2014 Bogart, Cagney, Edward G. Robinson \u2014 and designed my performance to fit within the black-and-white format,\u201d Cage said, adding that taking on a television show made him nervous at first.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was scary, and it was risky,\u201d he continued. \u201cI was constantly worried that I was going to get fired, because I was doing this thing of channeling old actors and colliding it with Stan Lee\u2019s masterpiece that is \u2018Spider-Man\u2019 to create this Roy Lichtenstein pop-art sensation of sorts. I didn\u2019t know until I finally saw the eight episodes whether it was going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nicolas Cage\u2018s critique of the Marvel Cinematic Universe during a recent conversation at Fan Expo Dallas (via The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,5228,2839,38007,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-788278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-marvel-studios","tag-movies","tag-nicolas-cage","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}