Actress Emma Roberts, a recurring presence on the “American Horror Story” series, is the latest addition to the cast of “Madame Web,” a new film in the Spider-Man cinematic universe in development at Sony.
He joins Dakota Johnson (“Fifty Shades of Gray”), Sydney Sweeney (“Euphoria”), Celeste O’Connor (“Ghostbusters: Beyond”), Isabela Merced (“Dora and the Lost City”) and Tahar Rahim (” The Mauritanian “). But so far only Johnson has had her role (more or less) confirmed. She will live the Madame Web of the title. It is not known which version of the character.
Created by Denny O’Neil (one of Batman’s best writers / editors) and John Romita Jr. (son of one of Spider-Man’s greatest designers) in 1980, Madame Webb was Cassandra Webb, a very elderly mutant, suffering of a neuromuscular disease that left her paralyzed and blind. Her loss of movement was compensated for by the development of psychic powers of telepathy, clairvoyance and precognition, which allowed her to predict future events.
Cassandra Webb has also mentored several generations of Spider-Women, helping Jessica Drew, Julia Carpenter, Mattie Franklin and their granddaughter Charlotte Witter. The film is also expected to use this connection to introduce other comic book characters, which tends to be the case with the roles of the announced actresses.
Only Dakota Johnson is no older than 60. Instead of filling the actress with makeup, chances are she is not this Madame Web.
After all, after being “dead” for the first time, Cassandra passed her powers – and her blindness – to an “heiress”: Julia Carpenter, Marvel’s second Spider-Woman.
In the comics Julia also became a Madame Web and, thanks to her new powers, she ended up becoming important for the connection between the characters of the different dimensions of the Spider-Verse. To top it off, she is still trained in martial arts from none other than Shang-Chi.
The detail is that the script was written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, responsible for several cinematic disasters, including the failed film “Morbius”, also set in Sony’s Spider-Man universe.
Directing is by SJ Clarkson (from the “Jessica Jones” series) and there is still a well-known production schedule, which has been in development since 2019.
Source: Terra
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