Exclusive: Spider-Man Like You’ve Never Seen Him

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

This is not a drill: Nicolas Cage is about to play Spider-Man. It's real. It's happening. And Esquire has the exclusive first look at Cage as the web-slinger. This spring, Prime Video and MGM+ will debut the TV series Spider-Noir, which will star the Oscar-winning actor as a 1930s detective who also happens to wield superpowers. "For me, this character was 70 percent Bogart, and 30 percent Bugs Bunny," Cage told us of his take on Spidey. My only problem with this is that I can't watch it right now. Until then, you can (and should) read Anthony Breznican's first look at Spider-Noir below.

—Brady Langmann, senior entertainment editor

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How Spider-Noir Refashioned Marvel Lore Into a 1930s Gumshoe Flick

In this first look, Nicolas Cage plays a super-powered private eye who is lured into trouble by Li Jun Li's femme fatale.

The Nicolas Cage-starring TV show, which will air this spring on MGM+ and stream on Prime Video, will be presented in black and white that mimics the monochromatic look of 1940s crime classics. But it also will be shown in a version that looks more like the colorful panels of the Marvel Comics that serve as its inspiration.

For this exclusive first look at the show, Esquire is also displaying both formats at once. In this story, we display the full-color version, and speak to showrunner Oren Uziel and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller about all the different ways they've taken Spider-Man's Marvel Universe and refurbished it as a 1930s detective tale. The other half of this first look is our interview with Cage, where you can see how Spider-Noir looks in luminous grayscale.

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Presidents' Day sales are upon us, so think hard for a moment about what you actually need to buy. All the flashy promos flooding your inbox make it easy to forget the practical items you might already have on your list: fresh running shoes, a lightweight jacket for spring, and maybe a tech upgrade or two. After digging through hundreds of sales, we narrowed down the 15 places you should be shopping.

Many of our favorite clothing brands are offering end-of-season sales, which we've rounded up here. You'll find standout deals below from editor favorites like Patagonia, Vuori, and Hoka. We've also highlighted some of the best discounts on furniture and home decor at retailers like Amazon, Article, and Wayfair. Best of all, we secured you an Esquire-exclusive Saatva mattress discount.

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I Got My Penis Injected with Filler to Add Girth, and My Wife Can't Get Enough

The most salacious story out of the Winter Olympics is allegations that ski jumpers are using penis fillers to increase their size, necessitating bigger suits and generating more lift. (Yes, lift.) This is only possible because we're living in a golden era of body modification. Want more testosterone? Pay a visit to your local med spa. Craving thicker hair on your head? There's a pill for that. Squarer jawline? Fuller calves? Surgeries for both have increased in the past few years. Even the penis can be customized these days. You can make it longer, harder, wider. You can even inject it with fillers, like what people put in their cheeks to make them plumper.

Naturally, athletes are using penis modifications to try to get a competitive advantage. But many men are turning to them for a much more obvious reason. For our series The Secret Lives of Men, we interviewed Rick (a pseudonym), a cybersecurity CEO from Alabama. He underwent the PhalloFILL procedure in 2023. He says the pain was worth it. Evidently, sex with his wife of almost 30 years has never been better.

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