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Madame Web Adds Isabela Merced To Growing Cast Of Sony Film

Published Wed, 01 Jun 2022 12:17:10 -0500

Madame Web is quickly becoming a huge cast. The Sony superhero film has added Isabela Merced, who will be in this summer's Father of the Bride remake. Also in the cast for Webb are Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, and Celeste O'Conner. S.J. Clarkson is directing the film from a screenplay by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. This will be set in the Sony Spider-Man Universe, which I don't think has a fancier name yet, and if it does, I do not know it. I am sure one of you will correct me in the comments somewhere. Deadline had the news.

Isabela Merced at Encanto World Premiere at El Capitan Theater on November 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA, photo by Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com.

Madame Web Has An Opportunity To Break The Sony Curse

"In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains." She was also a clairvoyant, who died and passed on her powers to Julia Carpenter, and was also a mutant. This is quickly becoming an ensemble film, and this may be where we see some other characters like Black Cat, Spider-Woman, and more make their film debuts.

It would only make sense to use a character like Madame Web that way. It is not logical to me that they thought the character could carry an entire film by herself, so adding in others that you could then spin-off into their own films makes the most sense. They have been trying to get Black Cat, Silver Sable, and more female Spidey-related characters off the ground for years, and this would be the way to do it. No word on when Madame Web would start production. Hopefully we will get a production date soon, and we can find out who these actresses are all playing.

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