did you know Cassandra Webb is a Manhattan paramedic who is said to be able to see the future. Forced to face revelations about her past, she forms relationships with three young women destined for extraordinary futures…if they can survive a deadly present.
French as the villain
Tahar Rahim plays Ezekiel Sims. First appeared in comics in 2001 in issue #30 The Amazing Spider-ManHe is a businessman and researcher who acquired Peter Parker-like powers during a ritual with spiders in Peru. He uses it only for himself and the empire he is building, not for others. Although he is the main antagonist of the feature film, his character is not always evil in the comics.
Madame Web marks the French actress’ first foray into an American superhero film.
Big names were floating around!
When the project was in its infancy, several major actors were approached to step into Cassandra Webb’s shoes. Among them were Charlize Theron, Amy Adams and Dakota Johnson. Finally, Sony Pictures Entertainment turned its attention to the latter, known for her role as Anastasia Steele in the lucrative erotic saga Fifty Shades of Grey.
Tahar Rahim
Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSMU)
Madame Web belongs to Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSMU), which features characters and stories from Marvel comics, especially those centered around Spider-Man, as its name suggests. SSMU Films is produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel Entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.
The SSMU takes place parallel to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In addition to Madame Web, SSMU’s current feature films are Venom and its sequels Morbius and Kraven, slated for August 2024. Other movies on Hypno-Hustler, Spider-Woman and El Muerto are in the works.
Marvel hero
In the comics, the character of Cassandra Webb first appeared in November 1980 in issue #210. The Amazing Spider-Man. He suffers from myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune neuromuscular disease that leaves him blind and paralyzed. But she survives thanks to an assistive device created by her husband: a series of spider web-shaped tubes to which she is connected.
It is from this vital throne that he can help the spider, whose ally and protector he becomes thanks to his mental powers: telepathy, clairvoyance and the ability to predict the future. In particular, he can implant his thoughts into the minds of other people, but also see past and present events that he has not necessarily witnessed.
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Series specialist in production
SJ Clarkson has been chosen to direct the production of Madame Web. If for this occasion the filmmaker signs his first film in the cinema, he has a long and rich experience in television series. As evidence, he directed episodes of Life on Mars, Dexter, Ugly Betty, Dr. House, Bates Motel, Orange is the New Black, Vinyl, The Defenders, Collateral, Inheritance, and Anatomy of a Scandal. We also owe the TV movie Toast (2010) with Helena Bonham Carter and Freddie Highmore.
In addition, he is not completely unfamiliar with the Marvel Universe, as in 2015 he directed two episodes of Marvel’s Jessica Jones.
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