New set photos from Sony’s next Marvel movie Madame Web show filming scenes of Emma Roberts and can confirm that she is playing a major spider-powered character from the Marvel comics.
Madame Web recently began filming, with early set photos suggesting the film will be set in New York City in the early 2000s. Rumors have continued to suggest the film will actually be a team-up story, featuring multiple spider heroines . The latest set photos could add fuel to those theories.
Emma Roberts is set to appear in the film in an undisclosed role, but a first look at her on set might tease the well-known Marvel character she plays.
A few characters go by the Spider-Woman moniker in Marvel comic continuity, but perhaps the best known is Jessica Drew. Now it looks like Emma Roberts could play her in Madame Web.
The latest set photos of upcoming Sony Spider-Man spin-off show star Dakota Johnson on set with Emma Roberts. Roberts can be seen standing outside a house where filming is taking place and appears to be wearing a prosthetic pregnancy bump.
At one point in Marvel comics, Jessica Drew was seen continuing to fight crime as Spider-Woman while pregnant. While the photo is far from conclusive proof of this character and storyline making their way into Madame Webit certainly seems likely.
Check out the new photos from the set of Madame Web below:
The images also show Dakota Johnson back on set. Previous set photos appeared to confirm that she would be playing the second Madame Web to appear in Marvel comics, Julia Carpenter. Before adopting the nickname Madame Web, Julia was also known as Spider-Woman. Maybe Madame Web will feature a reunion of Marvel’s Spider-Women.
Here’s the synopsis for Sony’s latest Spider-Man spin-off, Morbius:
One of Marvel’s most compelling and divisive characters hits the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic anti-hero Michael Morbius. Dangerously afflicted with a rare blood disease and determined to save others suffering the same fate, Dr. Morbius takes a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a drastic success, a darkness within him is unleashed and turns this healer into a hunter.
Directed by Daniel Espinosa from a script written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, the film stars Jared Leto as the main antihero, Adria Arjona, Matt Smith, Jared Harris and Tyrese Gibson. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are producing the project with Lucas Foster, while Palak Patel will oversee for Sony.
Morbius is now available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. Meanwhile, Madame Web is set to release on October 6, 2023. Stay tuned for all the latest news on Sony’s various products Spider Man spin-off films and be sure to subscribe to the Heroic Hollywood YouTube channel for more original video content.
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