Madame Web has her sights set on Adam Scott
Deadline reports the Severance star has joined the cast of the upcoming Sony Spider-Man Universe film. Dakota Johnson is set to star as Madame Web, a precognitive mutant created by Denny O’Neil and artist John Romita Jr who also happened to be blind and paralyzed. Using a sophisticated web-themed rig, she was mobile and able to use her talents to tip off Spider-Man to certain crimes and activities. She came to some prominence in the 1990s Spider-Man animated series on FOX, where she used her enigmatic appearance and precog talents to send Peter on various missions. And as an ally of The Beyonder, she was actually testing Peter for a perilous journey with multiversal implications. The film will be directed by S.J. Clarkson from a script by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless (with Kerem Sanga contributing to a draft). Sydney Sweeney , Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, and Emma Roberts are also set to appear in the film.
As is now the standard for casting news regarding the project, Scott’s role is unknown with Sony offering no comment. But considering his on-screen persona in other films and television shows, we can’t help but wonder if maybe, just maybe, he’ll turn out to be Peter Parker.
The Sony Spider-Man Universe is part of a large Multiverse which includes the animated Spider-Verse and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is always possible Madame Web takes place in a reality of its own, free from established Spider-Men, Venoms, and Morbiuses. If that’s the case, then Scott could be an older, but not nearly wise enough, Peter who comes into Web’s orbit. Whether or not he turns out to be Spider-Man, though, is a separate question. Indeed, it might be interesting if the film takes place in a world where Peter was never bit by the spider and leads a thoroughly different life.
This is just conjecture, of course, but it would be a great use of Scott’s talents.
Madame Web is currently set for a July 7, 2023 release.
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