Brendan Gleeson cast in Amazon Spider-Man Noir series

In what has been Brendan Gleeson's first announced role since Banshees of Inisherin, the Irish actor has been cast in Amazon's upcoming Spider-Man Noir series.

Gleeson will star alongside previously announced series lead Nicolas Cage as well as recently announced casemate Lamorne Morris.

The show, currently titled Spider-Noir was formally ordered to series in May 2024 with Cage in the lead role.

The show will debut in the US on MGM+’s linear channel and then globally on Amazon Prime Video.

The role will be the Dublin actor's first stint since his Oscar and Golden Globe Nomination in 2023.

According to Spider-Noir's longline the show“tells the story of an aging and down on his luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero.”

It remains unclear what exactly Gleeson’s role will be but it has been reported that he will play the show’s villain.

Spider-Noir hails from Mortal Combat writer Oren Uziel and Behind Her Eyes writer Steve Lightfoot, who will also serve as co-showrunners and executive producers.

The pair developed the show with the Into the Spider-Verse team of Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal, all of whom will also executive produce.

Spider-Noir is the second show announced under a partnership between Amazon and Sony to develop projects around Marvel characters associated with Spider-Man that Sony controls.

The first was Silk: Spider Society which was originally announced in 2022, but it was reported that the show would not be hitting the small screen by Amazon in May of this year.