Overview
- Cage made the comments at New York Comic Con on Saturday during a Spotlight panel, where he said he did not sign an AI waiver for Prime Video’s Spider‑Noir.
- He called Amazon “very AI‑friendly” and said the company has invested heavily in AI, citing a roughly $50 billion connection to OpenAI as part of his reason for refusing the waiver.
- Amazon canceled Spider‑Noir after one season despite 2.6 billion minutes viewed in its first six weeks and 11 Emmy nominations, a decision that frames industry questions about the series’ treatment.
- Cage said he is likely to avoid future work with Amazon, signaled plans to return to television and suggested he might do a season of HBO’s True Detective while seeking to work with Gen‑Z, low‑AI directors.
- The dispute underscores a wider industry fight over AI waivers, performer rights and how studios might use generated likenesses in postproduction, marketing and future casting decisions.