Cage Won't Sign 'Spider-Noir' AI Waiver, Eyes True Detective — SkimNews
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- Nicolas Cage told a New York Comic-Con Spotlight panel he refused to sign an AI waiver when he signed on for Prime Video's 'Spider-Noir,' telling the audience he's "not an AI-friendly actor."
- Cage cited Amazon's "$50 billion invested in OpenAI" as proof the studio is "very AI-friendly" — a club he said he is "not a member of" — while discussing the show during the panel.
- Cage said he's "probably not going to be working with that studio again" when asked about his future with Amazon, the studio behind 'Spider-Noir.'
- Cage confirmed he will "probably" do a season of HBO's 'True Detective,' noting he has been in talks for the role "since last year" and framing the move as practical ("feed the family, and don't do too many movies back to back to back").
- Cage said he wants to work with young Gen Z directors who are creating work "from scratch and by hand" via YouTube culture rather than through the major-studio system.
Why it matters: Cage is one of the first major A-list stars to publicly link a specific AI decision to cooling on an entire studio, explicitly naming Amazon's $50 billion OpenAI investment as the reason. His public refusal gives actors negotiating AI clauses a high-profile, on-the-record precedent to cite — not industry chatter — when pushing back against studio waiver demands.
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