“Madame Web” Release Date Pushed Back Three Months

Sony Pictures has pushed back the release date for the Spider-Man Universe movie "Madame Web" by three months.

Now, the movie is set to debut on October 6, 2023, instead of on July 7.

Previously, the movie stood alone on the date with the release scheduled two weeks after "The Flash" and a month after "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse", Sony’s sequel to the 2018 beloved animated movie.

The new date provides a healthy gap between multiple Spider-Verse productions.

Nonetheless, Sony will still have a fierce competitor as Marvel Studios saved the date for an announced movie.

In the comics, Madame Web, whose real name was Cassandra Webb, is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life-support system shaped like a spiderweb.

The heroine never actively fought any villain due to her age and medical condition. Madame Web gained her nickname due to being permanently attached to a life-supporting system.

The project sees Dakota Johnson as the titular character and will be the first female-led movie in Sony’s Marvel universe.

It also stars Emma Roberts, Sydney Sweeney, Adam Scott, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, and Tahar Rahim.

The spinoff movie is directed by S.J. Clarkson. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay, with Kerem Sanga also penning a previous draft.

The project is currently in production in Boston, and at least some scenes in Madame Web reportedly take place in a 2000s version of New York.