Sony's "Spider-Verse" aka Middle Finger to Disney

[AimingforYoko]

With Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Morbius in the offing, we add a new Spider-Man character sans Spider-Man: Sergei Kravenoff aka Kraven the Hunter.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson tapped to play Kraven The Hunter in standalone movie.

[Danny Franks]

I can't say any of these are characters I want to see on the big screen... even if they were villains in a Spider-Man movie.

Morbius is really lame. Like... really lame, and will be that much lamer if he's being played by Jared Leto. Carnage is just a more 90s version of Venom (any by the way, how many bloody symbiotes do Marvel have now? There's even one called Anti-Venom) and Kraven is... completely irrelevant as a character if he's not obsessed with hunting Spider-Man.

Edited May 28, 2021 by Danny Franks

[AimingforYoko]

33 minutes ago, Danny Franks said:

Kraven is... completely irrelevant as a character if he's not obsessed with hunting Spider-Man.

Well now, I wouldn't go that far....

 

[Tenshinhan]

9 hours ago, Danny Franks said:

I can't say any of these are characters I want to see on the big screen... even if they were villains in a Spider-Man movie.

Morbius is really lame. Like... really lame, and will be that much lamer if he's being played by Jared Leto. Carnage is just a more 90s version of Venom (any by the way, how many bloody symbiotes do Marvel have now? There's even one called Anti-Venom) and Kraven is... completely irrelevant as a character if he's not obsessed with hunting Spider-Man.

Kraven could use a little work, but I think with the right story he can work without Spider-Man.

I think Morbius is a good character.  His first appearance is one of my favorites.  There's a lot of story potential for a "living vampire", even though he's played by Jared Leto.  The comic books have made good use of Morbius between his Spider-Man appearances and his relationship with Blade.

[rmontro]

I thought Morbius was good as a Spidey villain.  Don't really care about him as a standalone character, but I will likely see the movie.  Not in the theater though.

Why doesn't Squirrel Girl have a movie?

[Matt K]

I mainly know Morbius from Spider-Man TAS but I've never been that interested in him as a character.  That said, he did have a solo series that lasted a while (32 issues) back in the 90's so there must be something there.  

Kraven only really works if he's hunting a super-hero.  If the movie is a crossover with Morbius, that could work especially if they set up Morbius as kind of a grey or anti-hero super.  Venom probably wouldn't work since it would have to be kind of lopsided due to Venom's powers.  I'm not sure who else they have access to that would really work

I was honestly interested in the Black Cat movie that was being pushed for a while.  I love a good super-powered heist movie and Ant-Man is really the only movie to kind of scratch that itch (that's also why I was looking forward to a Gambit movie).

[Danny Franks]

On 5/29/2021 at 4:27 AM, rmontro said:

Why doesn't Squirrel Girl have a movie?

There were plans for Squirrel Girl to have a TV show, but I think they fell through. The role is tailormade for Anna Kendrick, so I hope they resurrect it and cast her.

[rmontro]

4 hours ago, Danny Franks said:

There were plans for Squirrel Girl to have a TV show, but I think they fell through. The role is tailormade for Anna Kendrick, so I hope they resurrect it and cast her.

I could see Anna Kendrick as Squirrel Girl, but she's a movie star, she might see it as a step down to be in a TV series.  I also kind of think she's a little old for the role.

[dmeets]

While her age is one thing, I think with the way television and streaming has evolved, and with Marvel in particular, movie stars have had no issue being in series: Elizabeth Olson, Paul Bettany, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Renner, Oscar Isaac, and Hailee Steinfeld. I'd put Anna Kendrick roughly in the middle of that list in terms of movie star clout. If she's too old at this point for Squirrel Girl, I could see Millie Bobby Brown maybe.

[methodwriter85]

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is a pretty commanding actor but man he winds up with some really shitty parts.

[Raja]

On 6/1/2021 at 6:07 AM, Danny Franks said:

There were plans for Squirrel Girl to have a TV show, but I think they fell through. The role is tailormade for Anna Kendrick, so I hope they resurrect it and cast her.

It was going to be  that AT+T commercial  store clerk Milana Vayntrub for a Marvel TV New Warriors on Freeform but they didn't pick it up . And like Ghost Rider the series got killed when Feige got greater control in a past Disney shakeup. The animated Marvel Rising show is sort of a consolation prize for her.

[AimingforYoko]

Issa Rae to voice Jessica Drew aka Spiderwoman in Spider-Verse sequel.

[tv echo]

Sony’s Spider-Man Universe Is Official Title For Non-MCU Marvel Movies
BY BRENDAN KIM   PUBLISHED 6 DAYS AGO
https://screenrant.com/spider-man-universe-sony-movie-franchise-official-title/ 

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Sony has revealed that their isolated branch of the Marvel universe will be formally called "Sony's Spider-Man Universe." While the name is new, Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) has been in existence for several years now, with 2018's Venom being the first official entry into the franchise. Although Sony's films pull from Marvel Comics lore and even feature some familiar faces from the MCU, the SSU is distinctly separate from, but adjacent to, Disney/Marvel Studios' ongoing series of films.
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During their presentation at this year's CinemaCon, Sony revealed that their collection of Spider-Man-inspired films would be called "Sony's Spider-Man Universe." Although Peter Parker's alter ego is named in the title, it's unclear whether or not the original Spider-Man himself will make an appearance in any of the upcoming SSU films. That being said, it is possible that the highly publicized rights fiasco between Disney and Sony resulted in a compromise that would allow the iconic superhero to show up in both franchises.
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Nevertheless, Sony assigning an official name to their series of Spider-Man films is significant. It is evidence that the studio plans to continue releasing films in the universe, regardless of what happens with Spider-Man in the MCU. It also implies that Tom Holland's version of the web-slinger could eventually make an appearance alongside Tom Hardy's Venom at some point.

Sony's Non-MCU Marvel Universe Has A New Name Focused On Spider-Man
BY CHARLES HANNEY   PUBLISHED 4 DAYS AGO
https://gamerant.com/spider-man-sony-marvel-universe-new-name/ 

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During CinemaCon in recent days, Sony has revealed that its new name for their non-MCU films will be called "Sony's Spider-Man Universe." Previously going by "Sony's Universe of Marvel Characters," the films in this shared world, which began with 2018's Venom starring Tom Hardy, will include the upcoming Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Morbius, and Kraven the Hunter, the latter of which will be directed by J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year, Triple Frontier) and will star Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

Branching off into their own universe has raised a lot of questions on just how Spider-Man and other Sony characters will be shared. Since Sony is branching off into its own cinematic world but still shares the Spider-Man characters with Disney's MCU after finally compromising on that deal, it will be interesting to see if, for instance, Tom Holland's Peter Parker/Spider-Man will jump between universes. After the recent Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer presented the multiverse, bringing back characters from previous Spider-Man installments such as Alfred Molina's Doc Ock from 2004's Spider-Man 2, it'd be no surprise that Tom Hardy's Venom or Jared Leto's Morbius will eventually meet up with the Holland's Spider-Man.

 

Edited August 30, 2021 by tv echo

[tv echo]

Dakota Johnson to Star in ‘Madame Web’ for Sony
BY MIA GALUPPO   FEBRUARY 3, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/madame-web-dakota-johnson-cast-1235086210/ 

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Dakota Johnson is in talks to play the title character in Madame Web, the Sony spinoff centered on the Spider-Man character. S.J. Clarkson is set to direct the feature, which is part of Sony’s growing stable of films based on Marvel characters.

Introduced in 1980’s The Amazing Spider-Man No. 210, Madame Web is a clairvoyant mutant who specializes in predicting the future of Spider-themed superheroes, having mentored not only Peter Parker’s alter ego, but also multiple generations of heroes calling themselves Spider-Woman. Traditionally depicted as a blind, paralyzed old woman, she is surrounded by a web-like machine necessary to keep her alive, meaning that she stays away from direct conflict, and rather sends others on missions.

Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, who are behind fellow Spider-Man spinoff Morbius, penned the script.
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Madame Web is one of a number of projects in development as the studio builds out its Sony Universe of Marvel Characters. Sony, which controls the film rights to Spider-Man and other related characters, has already released Venom (2018) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2020) and has the Jared Leto starrer Morbius due out in April. Sony also has Kraven the Hunter in the works with star Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by tv echo

[tv echo]

Dakota Johnson Reacts to Joining the Marvel Universe With Single Emoji
By Sam Hargrave    Feb 5, 2022
https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-universe-dakota-johnson-reacts 

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Deadline recently reported that Fifty Shades of Grey actress Dakota Johnson was in talks to star in Sony's upcoming Madame Web solo Marvel movie.

Johnson has since taken to her Instagram story to share a single spider web emoji, seemingly confirming she has signed on to play Madame Web in the Spider-Man spin-off.

 

Edited February 6, 2022 by tv echo

[Raja]

On 2/4/2022 at 7:17 AM, tv echo said:

Introduced in 1980’s The Amazing Spider-Man No. 210, Madame Web is a clairvoyant mutant who specializes in predicting the future of Spider-themed superheroes, having mentored not only Peter Parker’s alter ego, but also multiple generations of heroes calling themselves Spider-Woman. Traditionally depicted as a blind, paralyzed old woman, she is surrounded by a web-like machine necessary to keep her alive, meaning that she stays away from direct conflict, and rather sends others on missions.

I wonder how Sony will deal with the "mutant" issue that Disney danced around in the MCU. So far all the Spider-Man verse "enhanced" have gotten an origin story

[Tenshinhan]

5 hours ago, Raja said:

I wonder how Sony will deal with the "mutant" issue that Disney danced around in the MCU. So far all the Spider-Man verse "enhanced" have gotten an origin story

I don't believe that Madame Web was a mutant in the earlier stories, that may have been retroactive.

Having psychic abilities isn't too difficult to explain on its own.

[starri]

They might also use the Julia Carpenter version.

[AimingforYoko]

Russell Crowe joins Kraven the Hunter.

[tv echo]

‘Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney To Co-Star Opposite Dakota Johnson In Sony’s Marvel Pic ‘Madame Web’
By Justin Kroll   March 16, 2022
https://deadline.com/2022/03/euphorias-sydney-sweeney-dakota-johnson-sony-marvel-madame-web-1234980232/  

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EXCLUSIVE: After a breakout year that included starring roles in HBO’s The White Lotus and Euphoria, Sydney Sweeney is now ready to jump into Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters. Sources tell Deadline that she has joined Dakota Johnson in Sony Pictures’ Madame Web. S.J. Clarkson is on board to direct the pic. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay, with Kerem Sanga also penning a previous draft.

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. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say due to her psychic sensory powers, she is essentially Sony’s version of Doctor Strange. It is unknown who Sweeney will be playing in the film.

 

Edited March 17, 2022 by tv echo

[tv echo]

"DE" is Morbius director Daniel Espinosa...

Edited March 27, 2022 by tv echo

[Kel Varnsen]

On 3/17/2022 at 9:39 AM, tv echo said:

‘Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney To Co-Star Opposite Dakota Johnson In Sony’s Marvel Pic ‘Madame Web’
By Justin Kroll   March 16, 2022
https://deadline.com/2022/03/euphorias-sydney-sweeney-dakota-johnson-sony-marvel-madame-web-1234980232/  

 

I mentioned this in the MCU thread but why is Sony making stuff like this, and not a Tobey Maguire led sequel to No Way Home set in his universe? Because I would totally watch that.

[shantown]

7 hours ago, Kel Varnsen said:

I mentioned this in the MCU thread but why is Sony making stuff like this, and not a Tobey Maguire led sequel to No Way Home set in his universe? Because I would totally watch that.

I mean, I can't totally blame Sony. They see that Marvel had incredible success with a connected universe of movies, and they see DC having big success with darker or villain-led movies. Mash those two ideas together and swing for the fences with a villain focused connected universe. Outside of the weird and unexpected success of Venom I don't know if it'll work, but I guess you can't blame them for trying.

But I, too, would much rather watch Tobey Maguire in the "Content in Life, but also Middle-Aged and My Back Hurts" Adventures of Spider-Man. :)

[Kel Varnsen]

1 hour ago, shantown said:

I mean, I can't totally blame Sony. They see that Marvel had incredible success with a connected universe of movies, and they see DC having big success with darker or villain-led movies. Mash those two ideas together and swing for the fences with a villain focused connected universe. Outside of the weird and unexpected success of Venom I don't know if it'll work, but I guess you can't blame them for trying.

But I, too, would much rather watch Tobey Maguire in the "Content in Life, but also Middle-Aged and My Back Hurts" Adventures of Spider-Man. :)

Oh I get why they did it. And I get why it became a bigger deal once Venom made a ton of cash. I am just surprised that any of those movies that aren't yet in production aren't being put way on the back burner so Tobey and maybe Andrew Garfield Spider man movies can't be fast tracked.

Because I too would kind of love to see what Tobey Spidey has been up to since Spider Man 3 and what his life is like.

[tv echo]

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Multiverse: How to Understand Timelines in the MCU, DC Universe, Star Trek and More
By Jordan Moreau, Adam B. Vary    April 9, 2022
https://variety.com/lists/multiverse-explained-mcu-marvel-dc-star-trek-everything-everywhere-all-at-once/ 

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The Sony Marvel Universe
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What Are the Relevant Titles? “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Morbius,” “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”

What Is Its Multiverse? Not to be outdone by Disney and the MCU, Sony has started developing its own shared world of Marvel characters, pulled from its decades-long claim to the movie rights to Spider-Man and roughly 900 other characters who’ve appeared in Spidey comics. Spider-Man villains like Venom, Morbius and Kraven the Hunter are getting their own origin-story spinoffs produced exclusively by Sony, populating what the studio has been calling the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters. But for simplicity’s sake, let’s just call it the Sony Marvel Universe, or SMU. Think of it as a cousin to the MCU that gets to visit during Christmas, only with millions of dollars involved and A-list IP on the line.

The one exception has been the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies, which are produced by Disney’s Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures in an unprecedented agreement to share the character; until 2021, Holland’s Peter Parker resided exclusively within the MCU, and there was zero crossover between the MCU and the SMU.

But then “No Way Home” happened, and Holland’s Peter came face-to-face not just with Tobey Maguire’s and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men, but their villains, too, transported from their respective Sony universes by a Doctor Strange spell.

Also floating around, and so far unconnected to the MCU or SMU, is the 2018 animated feature “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” which was the first movie to introduce alternate Marvel dimensions and different versions of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

How Does It Work? In a word, magic. Though the SMU multiverse is still in its infancy, there is some vague, connective webbing between the “Venom,” “Spider-Man” and “Morbius” films thanks to Doctor Strange. The post-credits scene of “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” dropped Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and his alien symbiote into the MCU, but all Eddie and Venom ended up doing was learning about the MCU at a bar before they were promptly transported back to the SMU — although Venom did leave behind a piece of black, symbiotic goo.

The boundaries between the SMU and MCU are getting more porous, however. In post-credit scenes in “Morbius,” Michael Keaton’s high-flying Vulture — who we last saw incarcerated in “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” part of the MCU — was magically plopped into Sony’s universe, where he offered to team-up with Jared Leto’s Morbius.

In “Into the Spider-Verse,” the multiverse is breached by a super-collider created by Kingpin (voiced by Liev Schreiber), which ends up bringing Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) into contact with several different Spider-People, including Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), Spider-Ham (John Mulaney) and Spider-Man Noir (Nicolas Cage).

What More Is In Store? Its unclear whether Vulture and Morbius will end up actually teaming up in a movie down the road, but Sony is moving ahead with several other SMU films. Next in line is “Kraven the Hunter,” starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the big-game hunter who sets his sights on Spidey, and Dakota Johnson’s “Madame Web,” who, in the comics, has connections to the multiverse of wall-crawlers. In some future MCU/Sony movie, Tom Holland will surely have to deal with that leftover piece of the Venom symbiote, which could eventually debut the iconic black Spider-Man suit.

“Into the Spider-Verse,” meanwhile, will continue with “Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse” — with Issa Rae voicing Spider-Woman and Oscar Isaac voicing Spider-Man 2099 — which is so ambitious that Sony has split it into two parts, with the first debuting this October.

 

Edited April 10, 2022 by tv echo

[arc]

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/el-muerto-marvel-sony-1235240517/

on some level I grudgingly admire Sony for using their license to the maximum extent possible. I guess I’m just a casual fan of the comics these days, but I’ve honestly never ever heard of El Muerto before this.

[WritinMan]

I've never heard of El Muerto and I've never heard of Bad Bunny so this should be interesting.

[starri]

I'm surprised they wouldn't try for a Rocket Racer movie.  Not that I'm agitating for that, but if we're making a movie out of any Z-list character, might as well have him face off against his arch nemesis, Big Wheel.  And Rocket Racer was on Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

Honestly, I'm familiar with a lot of Marvel's deep pulls, and I have no memory of El Muerto at all.

[Kel Varnsen]

On 4/26/2022 at 6:35 AM, arc said:

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/el-muerto-marvel-sony-1235240517/

on some level I grudgingly admire Sony for using their license to the maximum extent possible. I guess I’m just a casual fan of the comics these days, but I’ve honestly never ever heard of El Muerto before this.

Which goes back to my comment from above though. Why are they making these movies with characters no one knows rather than the obvious sequels to No Way Home starring Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield? They could literally put out a Spiderman movie set in a different universe every year for a long time and make a crapload of money.

[Raja]

48 minutes ago, Kel Varnsen said:

Which goes back to my comment from above though. Why are they making these movies with characters no one knows rather than the obvious sequels to No Way Home starring Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield? They could literally put out a Spiderman movie set in a different universe every year for a long time and make a crapload of money.

I remember the death of a Magneto daughter  in the X-Men universe film and the death of Quicksilver (a possible Magneto son) while Wanda lives in the MCU had me theorizing the two studios came to a gentlemen's agreement over characters which might be worth a fight for. In was someone an Avenger or a mutant?

I would guess something similar would be enacted to get Disney to produce a Holland Spider-Man for the MCU

[Kel Varnsen]

On 4/27/2022 at 11:43 PM, Raja said:

I remember the death of a Magneto daughter  in the X-Men universe film and the death of Quicksilver (a possible Magneto son) while Wanda lives in the MCU had me theorizing the two studios came to a gentlemen's agreement over characters which might be worth a fight for. In was someone an Avenger or a mutant?

I would guess something similar would be enacted to get Disney to produce a Holland Spider-Man for the MCU

But I was thinking of another Tobey Maguire Spider man movie, set in the universe from the original Raimi movies. It wouldn't be produced by Disney, it would basically be his story after he goes back to his universe at the time end of No Way Home.

[tv echo]

Sony Chairman Tom Rothman Paddles Upstream To Keep Focus On Traditional Cinema — Deadline Disruptors
By Mike Fleming Jr     May 20, 2022 
https://deadline.com/2022/05/sony-tom-rothman-spider-man-ghostbusters-1235024137/ 

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DEADLINE: Those who doubted Sony’s strategy underestimated your franchise strength.

ROTHMAN: Uncharted, Jumanji, Spider-Man. We have our Marvel business, which breaks into three tranches. There are the Spider-Man movies, and we’re currently at work on two Spider-Verse sequels to our Oscar winning animated movie, with Lord and Miller. We hope to get working on the next Spider-Man movie.

DEADLINE: With Jon Watts, Tom Holland and Zendaya returning?

ROTHMAN: That whole group, we hope. Then there are movies I would call adjunct to the Spider-Man universe. That’s Kraven, which we’re shooting now, and Madam Web, which we’ll start in the spring with S.J. Clarkson directing. And then there are many Marvel characters that are standalone. When I took over Sony, it was said, oh, Sony has no IP. Not true. We actually had fantastic IP. We just needed to focus on it. We had Jumanji, Bad Boys, Uncharted. Ghostbusters, another example. Just before I got here, they took a turn down a road that didn’t work out that well. But because of Jason Reitman and his relationship with Ivan, may he rest in peace, we were able to resuscitate that into a tremendous success, both theatrically and in home entertainment.

Edited May 21, 2022 by tv echo

[tv echo]

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Actor Celeste O’Connor Joins Sony’s Marvel Movie ‘Madame Web’
By Rebecca Rubin   May 24, 2022
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/madame-web-marvel-celeste-oconnor-1235276327/

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“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” actor Celeste O’Connor has been cast in “Madame Web,” an upcoming installment in Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters.

O’Connor’s role has not been announced. They will appear in the comic-book adventure alongside Dakota Johnson, who is playing the title character, as well as Sydney Sweeney of “Euphoria” fame.

The movie will serve as an origin story for Madame Web, a clairvoyant whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world itself. In the Marvel comics, Madame Web is a paralyzed, elderly woman with myasthenia gravis, a chronic autoimmune disorder requiring her to connect to a life support system resembling a spider web. Her supernatural abilities prove to be greatly beneficial to Spider-Man and his fellow arachnid allies, like Spider-Woman. Given her condition, though, she’s never battled villains herself.
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“Madame Web” is Sony’s first modern comic book adaptation to feature a woman in the headlining role. It is one of several Spider-Man related spinoffs in Sony’s pipeline, including “Kraven the Hunter,” featuring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ariana DeBose.

Edited May 25, 2022 by tv echo

[tv echo]

‘Madame Web’: Isabela Merced Latest To Join Dakota Johnson In Sony’s Marvel Pic
By Justin Kroll   June 1, 2022
https://deadline.com/2022/06/madame-web-isabela-merced-dakota-johnson-marvel-1235035969/

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EXCLUSIVE: Isabela Merced is set to join Dakota Johnson in Sony Pictures’ Madame Web. Also on board are Sydney Sweeney and Celeste O’Connor for director S.J. Clarkson. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay, with Kerem Sanga also penning a previous draft.
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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. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say that due to her psychic sensory powers, she is essentially Sony’s version of Doctor Strange. Merced’s role in the film in unkown.

[tv echo]

‘Madame Web’: Adam Scott Joins Sony’s Marvel Pic
By Justin Kroll   July 15, 2022 
https://deadline.com/2022/07/madame-web-adam-scott-sonys-marvel-1235064474/ 

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EXCLUSIVE: After landing an Emmy nomination for his critically hailed role in Severance, Adam Scott looks to have already found his next project as sources tell Deadline he is set to join the cast of Sony Pictures’ Madame Web starring Dakota Johnson.
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Sony had no comment on Scott’s casting.

[starri]

Who had the idea of basing a movie around Madame Web, of all characters?

Did someone decide they didn't lose quite enough money on Morbius?

[AimingforYoko]

15 minutes ago, starri said:

Who had the idea of basing a movie around Madame Web, of all characters?

Did someone decide they didn't lose quite enough money on Morbius?

I know. And from Sony, of all studios, with their history of great decisions.

[starri]

Venom, I of course get.  Kraven, I get.  Even Morbius, I get.

Unless they're using the Julia Carpenter version, Madame Web is a psychic who is paralyzed and sits in a chair connected to a spiderweb.  I cannot crack the existence of this film for the life of me.

[Tenshinhan]

5 hours ago, starri said:

Unless they're using the Julia Carpenter version, Madame Web is a psychic who is paralyzed and sits in a chair connected to a spiderweb.

She was cured of her paralysis in later years, so they could still use the original version of the character and/or the Julia Carpenter version as a basis.

I think that there is plenty of potential for a film like this.  Madame Web may not be as big of a name as Venom, Kraven, or Morbius, but I don't think that's really a prerequisite for the Sony-verse.  As long as the character itself has enough to draw from, which I think is the case here.

[Hiyo]

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Unless they're using the Julia Carpenter version, Madame Web is a psychic who is paralyzed and sits in a chair connected to a spiderweb.  I cannot crack the existence of this film for the life of me.

She could probably work as a supporting character in a movie, but headlining her own movie? Not so much.

[tv echo]

[tv echo]

[Danny Franks]

On 7/19/2022 at 2:26 AM, starri said:

Venom, I of course get.  Kraven, I get.  Even Morbius, I get.

Unless they're using the Julia Carpenter version, Madame Web is a psychic who is paralyzed and sits in a chair connected to a spiderweb.  I cannot crack the existence of this film for the life of me.

I mean, they're definitely going to make her as sexy as possible. That means - no old lady, no paralysis, no sitting around delivering ominous news. She's going to be an action Madame!

I wonder whether this is in lieu of Black Cat (it was rumoured a movie was on the way, but that seems to have gone quiet) so she can be used in the next MCU Spider-Man movie, while Sony continue scraping the barrel of Spider-Man adjacent characters to make lame movies about.

[Guest]

On 7/18/2022 at 6:26 PM, starri said:

Venom, I of course get.  Kraven, I get.  Even Morbius, I get.

Unless they're using the Julia Carpenter version, Madame Web is a psychic who is paralyzed and sits in a chair connected to a spiderweb.  I cannot crack the existence of this film for the life of me.

I almost admire their willingness to push forward with big screen releases for movies based on characters not well known to the general public when the entire industry is struggling. 
They have Spider Gwen, Miles Morales and people begging for a continuation of both their previous Spider-Man franchises but pick Madame Web. I guess someone has to make DC look competent. 

On 7/20/2022 at 7:17 AM, tv echo said:

Smart move. It’s old date was surrounded by Flash, Indiana Jones 5, yet another Mission Impossible, Barbie and The Marvels. At the moment October 2024 is wide open. 

[Kel Varnsen]

5 hours ago, Danny Franks said:

mean, they're definitely going to make her as sexy as possible. That means - no old lady, no paralysis, no sitting around delivering ominous news. She's going to be an action Madame

It's so weird. There are several different Spider-women or Spider Girls they could have chosen from, so Madame Web seems so weird.

5 hours ago, Danny Franks said:

wonder whether this is in lieu of Black Cat (it was rumoured a movie was on the way, but that seems to have gone quiet)

I know that at one point the Black Cat/Silver Sable movie was supposed to be directed by Gina Prince-Blythwood and when the project stalled she moved on to direct The Old Guard for Netflix. 

9 minutes ago, Dani said:

people begging for a continuation of both their previous Spider-Man franchises

I get that Andrew Garfield seems to be super busy and at the point in his career where he can probably pick any role he wants, but Tobey Maguire doesn't seem too busy.

[Tenshinhan]

18 minutes ago, Kel Varnsen said:

It's so weird. There are several different Spider-women or Spider Girls they could have chosen from, so Madame Web seems so weird.

I think that it may be the paranormal angle that they are interested in rather than only the typical Spider-person concept.  Web's psychic abilities open up a lot of doors for a story that the other characters can't.

They could even include the other Spider-Women within the film if they wanted.  Like a team of some kind maybe.

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Sydney Sweeney on Fame, Hollywood Fakery and the Pressure of Paying the Bills
BY SEIJA RANKIN   JULY 27, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/sydney-sweeney-fame-emmys-euphoria-the-white-lotus-1235186681/ 

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“I’m a very open person,” she says. “I love to talk about everything,” noting the fact that it eats at her that she can’t open up about Madame Web. I eventually learn that she’s preparing for the role with fight training, movement training and something called Reformacore Pilates, and that she was drawn to the film because she “liked the personal struggles that the character goes through.” She spends a lot of time talking about the cross-country road trip she took — with her mother and her rescue dog, Tank — to get to Boston and how she much prefers that city’s slower pace to New York’s frenetic nature. Here on the rooftop of Sweeney’s favorite Manhattan hotel, though, we’re insulated from the chaos of midtown.

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Donald Glover to Star in, Produce Spider-Man Movie Based on Villain Hypno-Hustler (Exclusive)
BY BORYS KIT     DECEMBER 16, 2022
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/donald-glover-to-star-in-spider-man-movie-hypno-hustler-1235283667/ 

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Glover is attached to star and produce a feature set in Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man universe of Marvel Comics characters, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. 

Myles Murphy, the son of actor and comedian Eddie Murphy, is on board to write the project, which has no title but is said to revolve on the Hypno-Hustler, one of the more obscure Spider-Man villains.

Created by Bill Mantlo, the writer who also created Rocket Racoon, and artist Frank Springer, Hypno-Hustler was very much a product of the disco music scene when he first appeared in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man No. 24 in 1978. His real name was Antoine Delsoin, the leader of a band called the Mercy Killers and used hypnosis technology in his instruments on his audience in order to rob them.

Hypno-Hustler is not considered one of Spider-Man’s top villains — in fact, he regularly shows up on worst supervillains lists — but sources say Glover sparked to the musical aspect of the character and the fact that he has less Marvel canon baggage, freeing him to greater interpretations. The project could be anything from a disco period piece to a re-imagined modern hip-hop version or even a cyberpunk future play. Adding to the spark was Murphy’s take, whose details are being kept below the bass clef.
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Sony, which owns the film rights to the Spider-Man and related characters, has a whole slate of film based on not just villains but also heroes that make up the Spider-Man family. With movies such as Venom and Morbius under its belt, the studio has Kraven the Hunter set for an Oct. 6, 2023 release. Hero projects in development include Madame Web and Spider-Woman.

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