New Girl’s Lamorne Morris has joined the cast of the Spider-Man Noir series starring Nicolas Cage, plus Brendan Gleeson confirmed.

Lamorne Morris has joined the cast of the Spider-Man Noir series, now dubbed Spider-Noir, in a series common position. The former New Girl star will play Robbie Robertson, a pushed and hard-working journalist who received’t take no for a solution.

Per the official description, Robertson is a “dedicated journalist trying to make it with the odds stacked against him as a black professional in 1930s New York, he takes on riskier stories that no one else would touch in order to catch attention and a paycheck. He is willing to do whatever is necessary for his career.” The character was beforehand introduced to life in live-action by Bill Nunn in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy. After rumours final week, it has additionally been confirmed that Brendan Gleeson will be part of the cast. He’s mentioned to be enjoying the villain.

The series will star Nicolas Cage as an “aging and down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero.” Cage first voiced the character in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

In a press release earlier this yr, Vernon Sanders, the top of tv at Amazon MGM Studios, mentioned: “Expanding the Marvel universe with Noir is a uniquely particular alternative and we’re honored to convey this series to our international Prime Video clients. The extraordinarily proficient Nicolas Cage is a perfect alternative for our new superhero and the achieved producing workforce with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, and the unbelievable workforce at Sony is devoted to increasing this franchise in essentially the most genuine means.“

Katherine Pope, President of Sony Pictures Television Studios, added: “We are completely thrilled to have Nicolas Cage starring on this series! No one else might convey such pathos, ache, and coronary heart to this singular character. Along with our good producers and companions at Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video, we couldn’t ask for a greater workforce to discover this reimagining of such an iconic character in Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters.“

Spider-Noir comes to us from Oren Uziel (22 Jump Street) and Steve Lightfoot (Marvel’s The Punisher), who will function co-showrunners and government producers. Harry Bradbeer (Killing Eve) will direct and government produce the primary two episodes. Uziel and Lightfoot developed the series alongside Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal, the workforce behind the Spider-Verse motion pictures. Lord, Miller, and Pascal will even function government producers on Spider-Noir.