‘Spider-Noir’ is back in black ... and white ... and color ...

It’s Friday the 13th, so be careful out there, Popculturology readers. I don’t know why you’d have any open ladders set up in your homes, but keep an eye out for them to be on the safe side.

Are you ready for not one but two trailers for Spider-Noir? Nicolas Cage is about to play a guy with spider powers for the first time since Longlegs. (No, I refuse to learn that Cage did not play a large anthropomorphic spider in that film.) How about a reminder of how much you’ve aged thanks to a new trailer for the Scrubs revival?

First, let’s check out some Super Bowl movie trailers ...

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Ryan Gosling, Krypto and Grogu have a ball

If I can’t get a Buffalo Bills Super Bowl, I guess I’ll take seeing the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots get embarrassed in back-to-back years. I’ll also take a bunch of new trailers, especially ones for Project Hail Mary and Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day. (Popculturology)

• “If someone knows we’re not alone, why haven’t we been told?” Universal released a quick companion video to its Disclosure Day trailer, pairing the footage with Spielberg talking about how he’s always been interested in stories like this one. (Universal Pictures)
• About that Mandalorian and Grogu trailer ... Disney was doing damage control after the oddly toned teaser for the upcoming Star Wars movie aired during the Super Bowl. “Grogu is more than a character; he’s a pop culture phenomenon. Riding alongside the heroic Mandalorian, he brings lightness, humor, joy, and an instant emotional connection that transcends the moment,” Disney executive vice president of creative marketing Jackson George told Variety. “This Big Game spot celebrates how deeply we love and connect with these characters, reminds us of the fun, heart, and spectacle that defines Star Wars ...” My theory? Disney is just fine letting The Mandalorian and Grogu set a new low for a Star Wars opening weekend in order to tamp down box office expectations for future films. (Variety)
• 📖 The Deeper Meaning of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Performance (Joshua Rivera, Slate): “It was a show that gave viewers the sort of surprise appearances they might expect from a Super Bowl halftime show (Lady Gaga! Pedro Pascal! Cardi B! Karol G! Alix Earle, for some reason!), plus a palpable intimacy that spectacles of this sort rarely seem to have room for. (That wedding you saw? Real!)”

NEWS, NOTES & TRAILERS

🍿 With no power comes no responsibility

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is still a long way off — sigh, June 18, 2027 — but we’ll soon get to see Nicolas Cage swing back into a version of his Spider-Verse character. Spider-Noir resets that story, with the live-action Prime-Video series centered around Cage as Ben Reilly instead of Peter Parker. (Longtime Spider-Man fans will understand the potential of that switch.)

We got two trailers for Spider-Noir this week thanks to Sony and Prime Video producing the series in “Authentic Black & White” and “True-Hue Full Color.”