Sydney Sweeney to Play Spider-Woman in Sony's "Madame Web"

Sony's upcoming "Spider-Man" spinoff movie "Madame Web" will feature the live-action debut of Spider-Woman. 

The project is one of the most mysterious movies coming in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.

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. 

"Madame Web" will seemingly be a prequel to some degree, supposedly taking place in a 2000s version of New York.

"Madame Web" has tapped multiple cast members whose characters have been kept under wraps. One of them is "Euphoria" star Sydney Sweeney, who has been rumored to have been cast as Spider-Woman, specifically the Julia Carpenter version. 

After several months of staying silent on the mystery, Sweeney has officially been confirmed to be playing the role. 

In an interview with Total Film Magazine, Sweeney broke her silence about landing the role as one of Marvel's iconic Spider-heroes while also teasing her dynamic with her co-stars.

"I couldn't be more excited. I can't wait to be able to talk about it. I can't wait to be able to be next to the girls that I filmed with – Dakota and Isabela, and Celeste," she said. 

"We had so much fun together. And I'm really excited that it's just gonna be a powerhouse of badass females for the world to see."

Created by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck, Carpenter debuted in Marvel Comics in June 1984 and has had several heroic titles throughout her history. In the lore, she is the second Spider-Woman, with Jessica Drew being the first and most famous.

 At one point, she even became Madame Web when Cassandra Webb passed away once she passed on her powers to the younger hero.

Julia has had a variety of powers both as Spider-Woman and Madame Web, which poses many questions about what the live-action movie will do with Sweeney's version. 

"Madame Web" is reportedly setting up Sweeney to have a larger role within the Spider-Man Universe.

 Spider-Man movie producer Amy Pascal recently confirmed that a Spider-Woman movie is in development, which could potentially be a spinoff for Sweeney's character.

"Madame Web" is set to debut on October 6.