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Spider-Noir Wins Five Emmys After Prime Video Cancellation
Spider-Noir is a superhero show starring Nicolas Cage.
It was cancelled by Prime Video and MGM after its first season.
Even so, it won five awards at the Creative Arts Emmys.
The awards recognized stunts, sound, title design, visual effects and cinematography.
The show had received 11 nominations in total.
It was Prime Video’s most-nominated series at this year’s Emmys.
Cage plays Ben Reilly, a struggling private investigator in 1930s New York.
The show was part of a plan to tell more Marvel stories through Sony Pictures.
People involved with the show joked about hoping the cancellation might be reversed.
Spider-Noir won five awards at the 2026 Creative Arts Emmys despite being cancelled after its first season.
The series received 11 nominations, the most earned by any Prime Video series this year.
Its wins included stunt coordination, sound editing, title design, special visual effects and cinematography.
Nicolas Cage stars as Ben Reilly, a private investigator and superhero in 1930s New York.
The two-day Creative Arts Emmys ceremony will air together on September 12 rather than being televised live.
- Who
- Spider-Noir, starring Nicolas Cage, won five Creative Arts Emmys; Prime Video and MGM cancelled the series.
- What
- The first-season series won awards in five technical and creative categories after receiving 11 nominations.
- Where
- The awards were presented at the 2026 Creative Arts Emmys in Los Angeles, United States.
- When
- The awards were announced Sunday, September 7, 2026, days after the series was cancelled; the ceremony will air September 12.
- Why
- The series was recognized for its stunt coordination, sound editing, title design, special visual effects and cinematography.
Reasons to Continue the Series
Reasons for Cancellation
Awards versus platform decision
Reasons to Continue the Series
The show’s five Creative Arts Emmy wins and 11 nominations could support arguments for reversing the cancellation; supervising stunt coordinator Freddy Bouciegues joked that he would ask Prime Video to reconsider.
Reasons for Cancellation
Prime Video and MGM cancelled the series after its May debut despite its awards recognition, and no reversal was announced.
Franchise expansion
Reasons to Continue the Series
Spider-Noir was the first stage of Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios’ plan to expand stories featuring Marvel characters under the Sony Pictures mantle.
Reasons for Cancellation
The cancellation means the series will not continue under that plan unless the decision changes.
Key facts
- Series
- Spider-Noir
- Lead actor
- Nicolas Cage
- Awards won
- Five Creative Arts Emmys
- Nominations
- Eleven nominations at the 2026 Emmy Awards
- Cancellation
- Prime Video and MGM cancelled the series after its May debut
- Setting
- 1930s New York
- Ceremony broadcast
- The two-day ceremony will air together on Saturday, September 12
Quotes
Freddy Bouciegues
Supervising stunt coordinator for Spider-Noir
“Tell me who to call, I'll ask them.”
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