Adam Scott Cast In Marvel’s Madame Web Film
Sony Pictures has announced that the upcoming Madame Web live-action film, starring Dakota Johnson, Emma Roberts, Mike Epps, and Sydney Sweeney will also star comedian Adam Scott. They will star alongside Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, and Tahar Rahim.
The film is set to be helmed by S.J. Clarkson and will be written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless who will be working from a draft by Kerem Sanga. There is not much information regarding the project other than Johnson’s casting that was previously announced.
Cassandra Webb/Madame Web first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man comics and is an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis. in the events in the comics, Cassandra Webb uses her precognitive mutant abilities until she is killed then her powers and blindness are passed down to Julia Carpenter also known as the first Spider-Woman. The events and transfer of abilities see Carpenter become the second Madame Web.
Scott recently starred in the Apple TV series Severance. He has also starred in Parks and Recreation, The Good Place, Ghosted, Wet Hot American Summer, Strep Brothers, and Big Little Lies. He has been a part of many great projects and should be a great addition to an already impressive cast.
There is no word on what role he will play in the film. Madame Web is slated to arrive in theaters on July 7th,, 2023.
Source: Deadline