It's no surprise that Sony intends to cast the lead in their expensive tentpole movie with a younger actress so that the character can be involved in the necessary action scenes. Considering Johnson's age, it's doubtful that she will be playing the original Madame Web in the comics, Cassandra Webb, but rather Julia Carpenter, who is the current, younger, Madame Web.Īdditionally, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless will pen the screenplay. However, sources close to Deadline claimed ' the project could turn into something else' due to Madame Web's advanced age and being blind, along with the character hardly fighting villains herself.

Johnson became the front-runner after Sony cut down their list of actresses following an extensive two-month search. Clarkson's Madame Web and is currently being courted by Sony. Sony Courting Their Madame Web MarvelĪccording to a new report from Deadline, actress Dakota Johnson, known for her roles in Fifty Shades of Grey and The Social Network, is the front-runner for the lead of S.J. However, it seems like this casting news points to Madame Web being more directly involved instead of sitting it out in a fancy chair. In the meantime, fans theorized that with the arrival of Madame Web, who is traditionally involved in Multiversal events, Sony might be delving even more into that same premise that was first explored in Spider-Man: No Way Home. All that remained was waiting to see who Sony would be eyeing to lead the spin-off.įilming for the movie was rumored to begin this year, which pointed to news about casting not being too far behind. Clarkson for a 'secret Marvel movie,' later revealed to be the rumored Madame Web. The following year, it was reported that Sony had hired TV director S.J.

Rumors from 2019 indicated that Sony was working on a Spider-Man spin-off based on the character Madame Web.

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