Madame Web from Sony will arrive sooner than anticipated

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With several other Sony films experiencing substantial delays, Madame Web’s theatrical release schedule has experienced a little advancement. According to reports, the release date of Sony’s Kraven the Hunter, which is based in the same fictional world as Madame Web, Morbius, and the Venom films, has been moved from October to August 30 of 2024. The animated movie Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, which was initially scheduled to debut around the 2019 Easter holiday, has been completely withdrawn from theatres. In the middle of that information, it was also made known that Madame Web, which was originally planned to debut on February 14, 2024, will now be released on Valentine’s Day. That is two days earlier than the original scheduled debut date of February 16.

Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama wrote the screenplay for Madame Web, which is directed by S.J. Clarkson. The titular clairvoyant is portrayed by Dakota Johnson (Cha Cha Real Smooth), and Spider-Woman is supposedly played by Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria). Celeste O’Connor (Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold), Adam Scott (Severance), Mike Epps (Friday franchise), and Tahar Rahim (The Serpent) are also included in the cast.

Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has already discussed how the movie will go further than any Spider-Man stories have ever explored Madame Web’s backstory. Madame Web has made several appearances across a variety of platforms, but the live-action movie will focus on examining the character’s origins in a way that di Bonaventura believes would please fans of the Spider-Man comic books. He teased ComicBook.com, saying, “If you’re a Spider-Man fan, you’re gonna love the character because you know it from the comic books, which she doesn’t really have that big a character in, we’re doing the origin story of Madame Web.” The film would showcase Cassandra Webb before she becomes Madame Web, the producer said, giving viewers a greater grasp of how she develops into that persona. This is done with the intention of making it seem like “really fresh new terrain for the fans.” Beyond that, not much else about Madame Web’s narrative has been revealed, and it’s unclear how it would relate to the other films in Sony’s Spider-Man world.