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 Spider-Man Had a Midlife Crisis… And It’s Incredible The Nicolas Cage–starring Spider-Noir isn’t just borrowing the look of old crime movies—it’s daring viewers to step into one. Airing this spring on MGM+ and streaming on Prime Video, the series will be released in two starkly different visual forms: one rendered in hard black and white, echoing the shadow-soaked crime films of the 1940s; the other drenched in hyper-saturated color, ripped straight from the pulp pages of Marvel Comics. For this exclusive first look, Esquire is presenting both at once. This half of the story spotlights the color version and features conversations with showrunner Oren Uziel and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller about how they stripped Spider-Man’s Marvel mythology down to its bones and rebuilt it as a bruised, hardboiled detective story set in the 1930s. The companion piece is our interview with Cage himself, where Spider-Noir emerges in luminous grayscale—grim, haunted, and unmistakably old-...

  “If you thought Season 1 was big, Monarch Season 2 is about to change the MonsterVerse forever.” Apple TV+ is officially bringing the monsters back. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 is set to premiere on February 27, 2026, and everything we’ve seen so far suggests this season is going to be bigger, darker, and more dangerous than ever before. After a successful first season that earned an 87% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the series quickly became a standout entry in the MonsterVerse. Fans and critics praised its cinematic visual effects, intense performances, and the way it expanded the world of Godzilla beyond the big screen. The show also received multiple award nominations, including recognition from the Visual Effects Society, Saturn Awards, Critics’ Super Choice Awards, and more. The hype reached a new level when Apple TV+ released the Season 2 trailer on February 3, 2026. The footage opens peacefully, with people enjoying time at sea — but that calm doesn’t last long. Chao...