MADAME WEB: Sony In Talks With FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Star Dakota Johnson For Lead Role

MADAME WEB: Sony In Talks With FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Star Dakota Johnson For Lead Role

It's been a while since we've heard anything about Sony's plans for Madame Web, but it's now been revealed that Fifty Shades of Grey and 21 Jump Street star Dakota Johnson is in talks for the lead role.

By JoshWilding - Feb 03, 2022 10:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Madame Web
Source: Deadline

With Spider-Man: No Way Home breaking box office records and Venom: Let There Carnage similarly exceeding expectations, Sony Pictures is looking to continue expanding its slate of Marvel movies. Morbius arrives in theaters this April, of course, and Deadline has now revealed that Dakota Johnson is in talks to take on the title role in Madame Web

S.J. Clarkson (The Defenders) is directing the movie from a screenplay by Morbius scribes Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless.

In the comic books, Madame Web is typically portrayed as an elderly woman who is blind and linked up to a life support system that resembles a web. She has psychic abilities and frequently uses other heroes to fight her battles; as a result, the trade notes that "sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else."

Common sense says that Johnson will either play a much younger Madame Web in an origin story or the Julia Carpenter version of the character. She was a Spider-Woman granted Web's powers when she died, and an amalgam of both characters could help lead to an increase in action scenes!

Sony Pictures has reportedly met with a number of A-List stars to discuss Madame Web, but Johnson has been the frontrunner since right before the holidays. The actress is perhaps best known for the Fifty Shades franchise, but also appeared in The Social Network, 21 Jump Street and, most recently, Netflix's The Lost Daughter.

Madame Web doesn't currently have a release date, but will likely begin production soon. 

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GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/3/2022, 10:59 AM
Sony:
cyclopsprime
cyclopsprime - 2/3/2022, 11:01 AM
@BlackBeltJones - better than that aunt may film
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 2/3/2022, 11:00 AM
Alternate headline: talented actress makes horrible decision.
Watchingme
Watchingme - 2/3/2022, 11:03 AM
@Cap1 - Will you show me?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/3/2022, 11:04 AM
@MUTO123 - LMAO!
Havenless
Havenless - 2/3/2022, 11:01 AM
What the what?
Watchingme
Watchingme - 2/3/2022, 11:03 AM
Sometimes, I pull so hard. I rip the skin.
Juggernaut2021
Juggernaut2021 - 2/3/2022, 12:49 PM
@Gaymaninwoods - It puts the lotion on the skin or it rips when pulled again.
Hawkguy
Hawkguy - 2/3/2022, 3:37 PM
@Juggernaut2021 -
SanFranLand
SanFranLand - 2/3/2022, 11:04 AM
Sony should reeeeeeally wait to see how Morbius sinks it’s teeth into the box office before they move along with their catastrophes. Venom: Let There Be Carnage feels like a loud, empty transformers movie, and that’s never a compliment
PC04
PC04 - 2/3/2022, 11:07 AM
Sony just wakes up and tries to come up with dumbass ideas.
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 2/3/2022, 11:09 AM
Is this just an excuse to get the 3 Peters back together as soon as possible?
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 2/3/2022, 11:10 AM
Ma'am, I know you probably want to distance yourself from fifty shades, but this is not how you do it.
Moriakum
Moriakum - 2/3/2022, 11:12 AM
It's just Sony being Sony.
LeonNova
LeonNova - 2/3/2022, 11:12 AM
They’re gonna announce a Jameson Newsroom Dramedy next
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 2/3/2022, 11:13 AM
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 2/3/2022, 11:14 AM
Sony are absolutely a money laundering operation. You'll never convince me otherwise
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 2/3/2022, 11:16 AM
@OmegaDaGrodd - I think it's a real-life version of The Producers.
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