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- Nicolas Cage compared the MCU to "a well-funded and glorified WWE" at Fan Expo Dallas, saying it's "hard" not to notice "50-plus and otherwise intelligent and remarkably gifted thespians putting on these ridiculous outfits and getting ready for the fight."
- Cage added "I do say this with love," and his remarks are gaining traction on social media—split between agreement and criticism given his own superhero credits.
- Spider-Noir, the Sony Marvel series starring Cage as Depression-era private investigator Ben Reilly, was canceled after one eight-episode season adapted by Oren Uziel.
- Ghost Rider, which Cage played in 2007's "Ghost Rider" and 2012's "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," is officially joining the MCU with Ryan Gosling in a Shawn Levy-directed film dated July 28, 2028.
- Cage told Variety he was drawn to "Spider-Noir" not for its superhero roots but for its black-and-white film noir aesthetic, channeling Bogart, Cagney, and Edward G. Robinson into a "Roy Lichtenstein pop-art sensation."
Why it matters: Cage's critique lands with built-in hypocrisy: the Ghost Rider role he played across two films is being absorbed into the very MCU he mocked, with Ryan Gosling taking the part for a July 28, 2028 release—meaning the actor ridiculing Marvel's aging-superhero problem is being replaced by a younger star inside that same franchise.
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