Mike Epps Joins Sony And Marvel’s Madame Web Film
Sony Pictures has announced that the upcoming Madame Web live-action film, starring Dakota Johnson, Emma Roberts, and Sydney Sweeney will also star comedian Mike Epps. The trio 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.
Epps is a star in the stand-up comedy scene with a recent special on Netflix titled Mike Epps: Indiana Mike, marking his third special at the streamer. Epps also starred in the Friday sequels Next Friday and Friday After Next with his most recent TV appearance being in the series, The Upshaws.
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
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