Sony is looking to expand on its universe of Marvel characters, according to the sources Dakota Johnson is in talks to act in the studio’s Madame Web movie. S.J. Clarkson is on board to direct the movie. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless wrote the screenplay.
In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly lady with myasthenia gravis and as a result was linked to a lifestyles support device that seemed like a spider web. Due to her age and clinical condition, Madame Web by no means actively fought any villains. For that reason, sources have pressured it’s viable the project should flip into some thing else. Insiders say due to her psychic sensory powers, she is actually Sony’s version of Doctor Strange.
The same sources say that Sony executives have spent a period of time meeting with a range of actors as section of a hunt for a female main role. Within the final two months, Johnson has turn out to be the front-runner and is now curiously in talks to star. The report does not make clear who Johnson is in talks to play, however possibilities are it could well be Julia Carpenter.
As for Dakota Johnson, she has had quite the year starting with her acclaimed role in Netflix’s The Lost Daughter. Her Sundance film Cha Cha Real Smooth sold to Apple for $15 million after premiering at the festival. She can be seen next in Persuasion
