Get ready to hunt spiders in the Amazon asMadame Webis heading to digital today. The film, which starsDakota Johnsonas Cassanda “Cassie” Webb, a paramedic who, following an accident, develops psychic and precognitive abilities allowing her to see future events from within the “spider world” forcing her to become a reluctant hero.
“In a switch from the typical genre,Madame Webtells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines,” says the film‘s synopsis. “The suspense-driven thriller starsDakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures … if they can all survive a deadly present.”
The film is notable for being the longest Marvel movie made by Sony for theirSpider-Manadjacent universe, including the likes ofMorbius,VenomandVenom: Let There Be Carnage.The movie exceeds the run-time ofVenomby four minutes,Morbiusby 12 minutes, and the exceedingly shortVenom: Let There Be Carnage, which only ran for 97 minutes. Although this runtime is lengthy for a contemporary Sony Marvel film, it’s still brief compared to the typical modern superhero movie; for instance, the average duration of a Marvel Studios movie is around 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Who Else Is in ‘Madame Web’?
Joining Johnson aboard the good shipMadame WebisSydney Sweeney, who is currently lighting up the box officeafter her sleeper hitAnyone But Youwon the hearts of audiences and demonstrated that word-of-mouth is still very much a thing even in today’s age of immediate gratification. Sony will be hoping the legions of fans Sweeney has amassed fromher rom-com withGlen Powellwill drive audiences toMadame Weband, if they’re smart, could even tease a double feature.Anyone But Madame Web?No, that would be a terrible title to promote something.Also part of the cast areCeleste O’Connor(Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Isabela Merced(Transformers: The Last Knight), andEmma Roberts(American Horror Story), along with Golden Globe nomineeTahar Rahim, Mike Epps(The Upshaws), andAdam Scott(Severance).Set within a world that will one day have a Spider-Man in it — but not at the time the film is set, in 2003 — Scott and Roberts play Ben and Mary Parker, Peter Parker’s uncle and mother, respectively.
Madame Webis available on Digital now.
Madame Web
Cassandra Webb is a New York City paramedic who starts to show signs of clairvoyance. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she must protect three young women from a mysterious adversary who wants them dead.
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