Emma Robertsis making her way into the Marvel Universe. The actress has joined Sony Pictures' origin story filmMadame Web,Deadline reports. She joins an ensemble cast that featuresDakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, and Tahar Rahim. Johnson will play the titular role, but who Roberts will portray in the upcoming film is currently unknown.
Madame Web first appeared in a 1980The Amazing Spider-Mancomic. She is shown as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease that weakens skeletal muscles, who is connected to a life-support system resembling a spider web. Madame Webb, an ally to Spider-Man, is clairvoyant and a professional medium, but blind and paralyzed. Due to her physical limitations and age, Madame Web never fought villains and because of that, sources have said the project could take a different direction.
Madame Webis directed by S.J. Clarkson, who previously worked on Marvel seriesJessica JonesandThe Defenders. Writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, who pennedMorbius,will collaborate on the script.Madame Webis Sony’s first modern comic book adaptation headlined by a female character. It joins other Spider-Man spinoffs currently in development includingKraven The Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor Johnson and scheduled for a January release, andEl Muerto,with musician Bad Bunny.
Madame Webis scheduled to debut in theaters on July 02, 2025.
Emma Roberts: From Child Actor to Scream Queen
Roberts is a former child actress who made her film debut inBlow, as the young Kristina Jung. She later appeared on Nickelodeon’sUnfabulous, and in multiple films includingAquamarine,Nancy Drew,Hotel for Dogs,Valentine’s Day,It’s Kind of a Funny Story, andThe Art of Getting By.
Roberts later became known for her performances in several horror film and series favorites includingScream 4, FOX’sScream Queens, and five seasons ofAmerican Horror Story, where she played a variety of characters. In 2020, she appeared in Blumhouse’sThe Hunt, opposite Betty Gilpin and Hilary Swank. The controversial film follows a group of wealthy progressives who kidnap working-class conservatives to hunt. She most recently starred inThe Abandoned,a horror film that includes a young mother’s struggle with postpartum psychosis.
Roberts' other credits includeAdult World, We’re the Millers, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Who We Are Now, Paradise Hills, andHolidate. She is slated to appear in a number of upcoming films including Michael Jacobs’Maybe I Do (opposite Diane Keaton),as the voice of Sasha Nutwagon in the animatedSaurus City,romantic comedyAbout Fateand George Ratliff’sReturns.
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