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Emma Roberts Joins Cast of Sony’s Madame Web Film
Emma Roberts is set to join the cast of the upcoming Sony Pictures film Madame Web, according to a recent report from Deadline.
The actor is joining an ensemble cast, which includes Dakota Johnson as the title hero and Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney in an undisclosed role. As previously announced, Celeste O’Connor (Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold) and Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian) are rounding out the call sheet. Currently, it’s unclear who Roberts will play, and Sony has had no official comments on the casting.
Created by writer Denny O’Neil and artist John Romita Jr. in 1980, Madame Web serves as an origin story for the comic book character, a clairvoyant whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world itself. In the comics, her abilities prove to be greatly beneficial to Spider-Man and his fellow arachnid allies but given her condition she’s never battled villains herself.
After breaking out on Nickelodeon’s sitcom Unfabulous, Roberts cultivated a film career in teen movies like Aquamarine, Nancy Drew and Valentine’s Day. She parlayed her young stardom into roles in Scream 4, We’re the Millers, and FX’s anthology series American Horror Story. She also starred in the Fox comedic horror show Scream Queens. This will mark her first Marvel role.
S.J. Clarkson, whose Marvel bonafides include Jessica Jones and The Defenders, is directing Madame Web. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, who previously collaborated on Jared Leto’s led film Morbius, will write the screenplay. The film is scheduled to release in theaters on July 7, 2023.
