**VERDICT: FAKE** đ´
**The Viral Snippet:** *âNicolas Cage has officially been cast as the lead in a live-action âSpider-Man Noirâ series on Prime Video, set to begin filming in New York City this spring.â* â Multiple fan accounts, January 2025.
**Why Itâs Fake:** While the idea of Cage voicing or embodying the gritty 1930s web-slinger is highly popular with fans (he voiced Spider-Man Noir in *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse*), there is **no official confirmation** from Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures, or Nicolas Cageâs representatives that a live-action series has been greenlit or that Cage is attached as a lead. The rumor appears to have originated from a speculative fan edit on YouTube and was amplified by unverified âbreaking newsâ accounts. Amazonâs current slate of *Spider-Man Noir*âadjacent projects remains limited to an **animated series** (still in early development with no cast announced). Cage himself has not commented, and no credible industry trades (Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter) have reported this as fact. **Until an official press release, this remains a funâbut entirely fabricatedâfan fantasy.**