Abraham Popoola Soldiers Into 'Spider-Noir' As Series Regular
Abraham Popoola Soldiers Into 'Spider-Noir' As Series Regular
We’ve got another one coming on for MGM+ and Amazon Prime Video’s Spider-Noir, and it’s up-and-comer Abraham Popoola. He’ll be playing a World War I veteran who is looking for an opportunity to get ahead, according to the character description. The character’s name was not provided.
Popoola, while not in major roles, has already accrued quite the filmography, appearing in The Marvels, Cruella, Morbius, and most recently the Netflix sci-fi film Atlas, starring Jennifer Lopez and Simu Liu. He will also appear in the upcoming spinoff film John Wick Presents: Ballerina, which stars Ana de Armas and is set to be released next June. In addition to Spider-Noir, season 5 of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses is in Popoola’s television future, having already done Andor, The Great, Starstruck, and The Rig.
Spider-Noir stars Nicolas Cage as a Spider-Man Noir different from the one he voiced in Sony’s Spider-Verse films, even so far that it’s not a Peter Parker variant. He is described as an aging and down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero. Although scoopers have been trying to push that it’s actually a Ben Reilly, Peter’s infamous clone, kind of a variant in a roundabout, same-Earth way. Popoola joins a regular cast that also includes Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson, Brendan Gleeson as the villain, and Li Jun Li, whose nightclub singer character hasn’t had her name revealed yet either.
The series comes from Sony Pictures Television, with Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot as its executive producers/co-showrunners, and developers of the series with fellow executive producers Phil Lord, Christopher Miller via their banner Lord Miller under their overall deal and Amy Pascal via Pascal Pictures. Harry Bradbeer will executive produce as well and direct the first two episodes.
Spider-Noir will premiere domestically on MGM+’s linear channel, then globally on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories, though it’s unclear whether that counts the United States for its streaming home too.
Source: Variety