Nowadays, and for several years now, superhero movies are the big trend in Hollywood. Considering the box office figures of the most recent film spider-manit is clear that the popularity of superheroes continues to rise, so many films of this type are planned for the coming years.
Although Spider-Man appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, Sony still owns the rights to almost all of the characters that appear in the Spider-Man Universe, including Venom, who has two movies. After the success of spider-manthe production house is preparing to expand its own cinematographic universe, but now with a film based on a very special character that, apparently, already has a leading actress.
Who is Cassandra Webb?
The newspaper The Hollywood Reporter reported that Dakota Johnson is in talks with Marvel and Sony to bring to life Casandra Webb, better known as Madam Web, a character who appeared in comics for the first time in the 80s and has clairvoyant abilities and has been the mentor of several people who take up the mantle of Spider-Man.
In the comics, she appears as an elderly blind woman who is surrounded by a machine that resembles a spider web and is essential for her to stay alive, so she does not usually participate in conflicts like other superheroes. However, the versions of it in other media such as television series (ultimate spider-man) do not suffer from paralysis and have a more active role in the mission of defeating villains.
Other Sony projects
If it materializes, it would be a very important opportunity in the career of Dakota, who after the tapes of 50 shades of gray he has preferred the smaller films. However, it is not the only project adjacent to the Spider-Man Universe that Sony has up its sleeve, as this year it will be released. Morbiusstarring Jared Leto, and a film called Kraven the Hunterwhich will star Aaron Taylor-Johnson, which is in pre-production.
What’s more, Madam Web It already has a script, written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, and it will be the first time that Sony has a film starring a female superhero.