Nicolas Cage said at his New York Comic Con panel on 10 October that he turned down a waiver that would have let Amazon use AI on Spider-Noir, and that he will probably not work with the studio again. He added that he is comfortable with that outcome.
“Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 billion invested in OpenAI. I'm not an AI-friendly actor.”
Nicolas Cage, actor, at NYCC 2026, at New York Comic Con · ign.com ↗
The remarks come after Prime Video cancelled the series last month, leaving no second season on the platform at all. Cage linked Amazon's openness to AI with its $50 billion investment in OpenAI, and he did not say how the company wanted to apply AI to the show. Spider-Noir was his first regular TV role and picked up several Emmy nominations.
Cage in costume as Ben Reilly, the Spider, in the Prime Video series Spider-Noir
Amazon/MGM, courtesy Everett Collection · Image: CBR
After the cancellation Cage said one season felt perfect. He has spoken against AI before, at the Saturn Awards in early 2025 and in a 2024 New Yorker interview where he said the technology terrified him. At the panel he praised younger, Gen Z directors who work by hand, naming Kane Parsons. He remains attached to Madden, the next season of True Detective and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse in 2027.
Showrunner Oren Uziel said any move to another home is complicated by Sony's Marvel rights and its deal with Amazon, and that the team has not got that far. He said he does not know the legalities and complications involved. CBR points to the failed OpenAI-Disney licensing deal as a parallel; whether Spider-Noir finds a new home remains uncertain.
A still from the Spider-Noir series, used by CBR alongside the showrunner's remarks
Sony Pictures Television · Image: CBR