Prime Video's Spider-Man Spinoff Cancellation Could've Been Worse

Spider-Noir's cancellation could be a lot worse Just a couple of weeks after Wonder Man, the best Marvel show in years, was abruptly unrenewed by Disney+, we've just lost another gem. Not only is Wonder Man not returning for a second season; Prime Video has gone and cancelled Spider-Noir, too. Much like Wonder Man, Spider-Noir arrived as a pleasant surprise. A seemingly gimmicky premise yielded a fresh and inventive vision of familiar superhero tropes. Both shows achieved a fascinating genre mashup, but didn't neglect to tell a worthwhile story, with characters worth investing in, and in both cases, I was excited to see more of them. When Disney reversed its decision to continue Wonder Man, I was devastated we wouldn't get to see Simon and Trevor again, and now that Prime has axed Spider-Noir, I'm heartbroken that we'll never see Nicolas Cage's spider-powered P.I. Ben Reilly back on our screens. But, as disappointing as Spider-Noir's cancellation is, it could've been a lot worse. Spider-Noir is one of the best new shows of the year, and absolutely deserved a second season, but at least season 1 told a complete story from beginning to end. When we meet Ben, he's already in his jaded, post-Chinatown funk, and by the end of the season, he had a new lease on life. He'd embraced his friends and loved ones, resumed his vigilante career as 'The Spider,' and gotten his groove back. It was a satisfying ending to his story, so we didn't need a season 2. Of course, season 2 would've been nice, but season 1 works perfectly well as a one-and-done, which is getting rarer and rarer in the streaming age. So many streaming shows have ended their first season on a cliffhanger and then gotten cancelled, leaving that cliffhanger unresolved: The Acolyte, A League of Their Own, 1899, etc. At the very least, Spider-Noir avoided that fate. What Spider-Noir Season 2 Could Have Looked Like Unless another streamer wants to heroically swoop in and agree to bear the hefty production costs of a 1930s-set superhero show starring an A-list movie star, Spider-Noir seems to be dead in the water. That perfect first season will always be there for a rewatch — and it's available in two different color formats so, in a way, you get to experience it for the first time twice — but that's the last we'll see of Ben and his merry band of Depression-era crimefighters. But if Amazon hadn't cancelled the show, and they'd decided to take a chance on a second season, what would Spider-Noir season 2 have looked like? The first season wrapped up its own mystery storyline, and the emotional arcs of its main characters, in a nice, neat bow, so it didn't leave any unresolved story threads for a second season to pick up. That means season 2 would have to be another standalone mystery, introducing a new threat and a new conspiracy for Ben to unravel. It could jump forward to the 1940s and tackle a whole new era of noir cinema. It would've been fun to see other Spider-Man villains reimagined for a noir setting. We could've seen Mysterio reimagined as an old-school special effects wiz from early B-movies. We could've seen the Vulture reimagined with a rinky-dink Wright Brothers-era wingsuit. Mister Negative would be a great villain for Spider-Noir's criminal underworld, given his connections to organized crime, and the Green Goblin's twisted psychology would be right at home in a mystery noir. It's a shame we'll never get to see Spider-Noir season 2, because season 1 just scratched the surface of this curious crossover. But at least it feels complete; at least it got a proper ending. That's more than can be said for the other promising superhero show that Prime cancelled this year, Gen V. Your Rating close 10 stars 9 stars 8 stars 7 stars 6 stars 5 stars 4 stars 3 stars 2 stars 1 star Rate Now 0/10 Leave a Review Your comment has not been saved Like Follow Followed Spider-Noir TV-MA Action Superhero 59 9.3/10 Release Date 2026 - 2026-00-00 Network MGM+ Showrunner Oren Uziel, Steve Lightfoot Directors Harry Bradbeer Cast See All Powered by Expand Collapse