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Actor-comedian Lamorne Morris (Fargo) has been tapped as a collection common reverse Nicolas Cage in Spider-Noir, the upcoming MGM+ and Prime Video live-action collection primarily based on the Marvel comedian Spider-Man Noir. On the Sony Photos TV-produced collection, which has been renamed from its unique title Noir to spotlight its Spider-Man universe lineage, Morris will play the character Robbie Robertson.
Spider-Noir, from government producers/co-showrunners Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot, tells the story of an growing old and down on his luck non-public investigator (Cage) in Thirties New York, who’s compelled to grapple together with his previous life as the town’s one and solely superhero.
Morris’ Robbie Robertson is pushed, hard-working, and received’t take no for a solution. A devoted journalist making an attempt to make it with the chances stacked in opposition to him as a black skilled in Thirties New York, he takes on riskier tales that nobody else would contact so as to catch consideration and a paycheck. He’s prepared to do no matter is critical for his profession.
Harry Bradbeer is about to direct, and government produce the primary two episodes of the collection, which Uziel and Lightfoot developed with the staff behind Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal, who additionally function government producers. Spider-Noir will debut domestically on MGM+’s linear channel, then globally on Prime Video in additional than 240 international locations and territories.
Recognized for his starring on Fox’s New Lady and headlining Hulu’s Woke, Morris might be seen in the newest fifth season of FX’s anthology collection Fargo. He was not too long ago solid in Sony Photos film SNL 1975 as unique Saturday Evening Stay solid member Garret Morris. Arising, Morris has a recurring position on the upcoming second season of Netflix’s comedy collection Unstable. He’s repped by CAA, Leisure 360 and Myman Greenspan Fox.