Adam Scott Joins Sony’s ‘Spider-Man’ Spinoff ‘Madame Web’
variety.comJordan Moreau Just a few days after landing an Emmy nomination for Apple TV+’s hit drama “Severance,” Adam Scott is joining the cast of Sony’s superhero film “Madame Web.”The movie stars Dakota Johnson as Madame Web, a clairvoyant whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world itself.
The movie will be an origin story for the character, who served as an ally to Spider-Man in the Marvel comics.The rest of the cast includes Sydney Sweeney, who just received double Emmy nominations for “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus,” Emma Roberts, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahir Rahim and Mike Epps.
S.J. Clarkson directs the spinoff in Sony’s universe of Marvel characters. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless wrote the script. After the success of “Venom,” starring Tom Hardy as the classic Spider-Man villain, Sony began building out its own cinematic universe of Spidey characters.
After last year’s sequel “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” Jared Leto starred in “Morbius” as the blood-sucking vampire villain Dr.
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