
There’s still no word on whether she’ll be playing a younger Cassandra or Julia, so details about her character are still TBD publicly.

Dakota Johnson was the first person to be announced and will be taking on the lead role of Madame Web. This is where things get really interesting. Who is in the cast for the movie Madame Web? She is also connected to Julia Carpenter, who is the second Spider-Woman in the comics and later becomes the new Madame Web. Despite this, she works as a medium, and Peter Parker reaches out to ask for her help when someone goes missing.Ĭassandra has a granddaughter named Charlotte Witter, who later becomes Spider-Woman. Madame Web’s real name is Cassandra Webb, and she’s put on a special life support system that looks like webs after she becomes ill with a neuromuscular disease that leaves her paralyzed and blind. She first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #210 back in November 1980. If you’re not that well versed in the Spidey comics, Madame Web is actually a mutant who has the ability of telepathy and clairvoyance. She has mentored not only Peter Parker but also other spider-heroes such as the Spider-Women Julia Carpenter and Jessica Drew. Sources say Sweeney had been weighing several offers in recent weeks, but the opportunity to join Johnson in what would be the first female-centric film in this universe was too good to pass up.Here’s everything you need to know about Madame Web. Madame Web is a psychic mutant who can see the future and thus peek into all possible futures and alternate realities thanks to her connection to the Web of Life and Destiny.

Not only is Sweeney on one of the hottest shows of the year in Euphoria (HBO recently announced it is the network’s second most-viewed show behind only Game of Thrones), she clearly came away as one of the big winners from this season and has quickly jumped to the top of every major studio lists for young rising stars. It is unknown who Sweeney will be playing in the film. Insiders say due to her psychic sensory powers, she is essentially Sony’s version of Doctor Strange.

For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains. 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. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay, with Kerem Sanga also penning a previous draft. ‘Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney To Co-Star Opposite Dakota Johnson In Sony’s Marvel Pic ‘Madame Web’ EXCLU: Dakota Johnson in talks to play Madame Web
