When you have rights to one of the most loved Superheroes of all time, that is an asset you use carefully. It took a little for Sony to grasp this concept but I think now they’ve realized it. They’re making sure they don’t waste these rights. They’ve decided to go deep in the Spider-Man mythos. They’re creating a number of Spider-Man spin offs of other characters as they’ve realized they can’t create a decent Spider-Man flick. So Marvel is using Spider-Man in the MCU but Sony is distributing the movie and enjoying the profits. This is Sony’s dream come true. They’ve created their own universe of Spider-Man Spin offs. It kicked off with 2018’s Venom followed by Venom: Let there be Carnage, Morbius, Kraven the Hunter and the latest being Madame Web. Kraven the Hunter is slated to release six months prior to Madame Web on 13th January 2023.
The latest addition to the cast of the Madame Web film was Adam Scott. As the film’s production has just started we currently don’t have any idea about the plot of the film or whos is playing what character. Except for Dakota Johnson’s Madame Web who looks like she will based on Julia Carpenter in the comics based on the set photos we got this week. However, today we have got some leaked set photos that give us first look at Adam Scott in this film.
Madame Web: Does Leaked Set Photos Reveal Which Character He’ll Play?
In the leaked photos Adam Scott is seen wearing a blue stripped shirt and a white t-shirt underneath. This look closely resembles an older Peter Parker. While the fans wanted him to join the MCU but the Sony Spider-Man Universe will do just fine as well. Scott is similar in age to Tom Hardy and Jared Leto who play Venom and Morbius in the Sony Spider-Man Universe respectively. It has to be seen whether Adam Scott’s Spider-Man appears in the same universe or in an multiverse pattern.
Just to be clear this is merely me speculating and we can’t confirm any of this as the character is still unannounced. As Sony’s Universe has no Spider-Man yet it would be interesting to introduce an old not so active anymore version of Peter Parker, as in many cases all these characters only have one common link- Spider-Man. These speculations may end up being true or be an absolute hogwash. We have to wait until Sony announces which character he is playing. Here’s leaked set photo courtesy of @ledtasso.
ADAM SCOTT ON THE MADAME WEB SET IM LOSING MY MIND pic.twitter.com/McvzzqCiRW
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Madame Web was created by late writer Dennis O’Neil. The original Madame Web — real name Cassandra Webb — first appeared in 1980’s Amazing Spider-Man #210. The mantle of Madame Web was later taken up by Julia Carpenter, who is perhaps best known for being the second Spider-Woman. Created by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck, Julia first appeared as Spider-Woman as part of the Secret Wars limited series in 1984. Julia became Madame Web in 2010’s Amazing Spider-Man #637 following the death of Cassandra Webb.
The film stars Dakota Johnson, as well as fellow co-stars Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim Emma Roberts and most recently Severance star Adam Scott. The film is to be directed by S.J. Clarkson and the screenplay of the film is written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, with a previous draft having been penned by Kerem Sanga.
Madame Web is slated to release on October 6th 2023.
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