Sony Pictures has unwound the first trailer for its upcoming Spider-Man spinoff Madame Web.
S.J. Clarkson’s feature is part of the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters and set to hit theaters Feb. 14, 2024, just in time for Valentine’s Day dates. Dakota Johnson stars in the titular role based on the Marvel comic book character named Cassandra Webb, who is a clairvoyant mutant and can foresee the future for Spider-themed heroes.
Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts and Adam Scott round out the cast.
The trailer was released Wednesday and shows Johnson having mysterious encounters with a man from her mother’s past. “I’ve been having visions,” she says in the footage. “If you want to live, you have to trust me.”
Clarkson (Anatomy of a Scandal) directed the film and co-wrote the script with Claire Parker, with the story by Kerem Sanga. Lorenzo di Bonaventura serves as producer, while Parker and Adam Merims executive produce.
Other Spider-Man offshoots on the horizon for Sony include Aaron Taylor-Johnson leading Kraven the Hunter, which hits theaters in August 2024, while the third film in the Tom Hardy-starring Venom franchise is set for November of next year. Last year, the studio released Morbius, which featured Jared Leto, Matt Smith and Adria Arjona as the Marvel Comics characters.
During a previous interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Sweeney teased her role in Madame Web by saying that she “liked the personal struggles that the character goes through.” In a different conversation with THR, the Emmy-nominated actress called working on Madame Web “an absolute career highlight.”
Johnson broke out in the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise, and her more recent film titles include Bad Times at the El Royale, Cha Cha Real Smooth and Persuasion. Sweeney is known for television series including Euphoria and The White Lotus, in addition to such film work as Reality and the forthcoming Sony rom-com Anyone But You.
Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney star in S. J. Clarkson’s film that lands in theaters Feb. 14, 2024. Read More