Amazon Prime Video’s “Spider-Noir” released earlier this year to much acclaim, but also was designed to work as a limited series.
At the time of its release, the show’s star Nicolas Cage said he and the producers had done what they had set out to achieve and told a complete story, so the series didn’t necessarily need a second season.
Later, after the series was cancelled due to its high budget and lack of sustained high viewership, he told the trades “one season is perfect”.
Now, speaking with IGN, he was asked if he felt there was more to the character to explore. He made it clear, he’s done with Ben Reilly:
“It’s a perfect season. You never wanna get stuck repeating a character and wear out your welcome. Ben Riley is so idiosyncratic. I was doing something that was pretty high-risk, tightrope stuff — if you do that for Season 2, Season 3, you could really wear out your welcome.
So when they didn’t pick it up, I was like, ‘Whew, thank you!’ Because now I’m doing ‘True Detective,’ and that’s only one season. It’s better that way, you know?” He continued. “I didn’t wanna keep repeating it. I don’t like repeating myself. It’s perfect, and I love that character. I love that season, and it will always be there and always be fresh.”
The series was Cage’s first TV role and received multiple Creative Arts Emmy awards for its visuals, stunts, VFX and sound. Nielsen indicated the series earned 2.6 billion viewing minutes in its first six weeks.
