Madame Internet is an upcoming film in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU) and primarily based on all the things that’s been revealed, it’s an necessary entry within the franchise. Madame Internet is a superhero within the Spider-Man comedian books, and he or she’s a mutant and clairvoyant, that means that she has extrasensory powers that permit her to magically attain details about virtually something. The unique Madame Internet was a blind aged lady who was linked to a life assist system that seemed like a spiderweb. Earlier than she was murdered by Ana Kravinoff, she handed her powers right down to Julia Carpenter, resulting in her turning into the brand new, trendy Madame Internet.
Following the vital and industrial disappointment of The Wonderful Spider-Man 2, lots of totally different Spider-Man tasks have been canceled and left in limbo, together with a solo film specializing in Silver Sable and Black Cat. Nonetheless, as Sony has constructed the SSU alongside the studio’s partnership with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, these tasks have been dropped in favor of a Madame Internet film. And given Madame Internet’s powers and ties to the multiverse, it makes much more sense and opens up far more prospects. Madame Internet shall be set in the identical universe as Morbius and the Venom motion pictures, and the addition to the upcoming Spider-Man film roster appears to discover some fertile floor by way of crossovers.
Proper now there nonetheless isn’t lots identified concerning the Madame Internet film however some members of the forged have let a couple of issues slip. Emma Roberts revealed some particulars about her mysterious character within the film. The id of Roberts’ character nonetheless is unknown however on a current podcast look, she gave a tease by saying, “What I can let you know is I’m not a superhero. Some folks might imagine she’s a superhero however not… like I don’t have supernatural powers. So I can let you know that.”
The Madame Internet film was first confirmed in 2019 and Sony tapped writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless to jot down the screenplay (by way of Collider). These two penned the script for 2022’s Morbius which can also be a part of Sony’s shared Spider-Man Universe together with the Venom franchise and the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie. Madame Internet didn’t start filming till July 2022 and star Dakota Johnson confirmed in January 2023 that filming had wrapped (by way of Coming Quickly). The film is directed by S.J. Clarkson, who has helmed Marvel TV exhibits like Jessica Jones and The Defenders previously.
Madame Internet is seemingly repeating Deadpool’s trick of counter-programming over Valentine’s Day weekend, which was what helped the 2016 film turn into such an enormous success. Madame Internet is scheduled for launch on February 16, 2024, and whereas Morbius was a field workplace bomb, the theatrically launched 2024 film must be a success, because it doesn’t at the moment have any competitors throughout its opening weekend.
Nonetheless, the film was pushed again from its unique October 2023 launch date since Kraven the Hunter occupied that area – although the supervillain film has been since delayed to an August 2024 launch date, suggesting it and Madame Internet don’t have shared story elements, because it has been moved to now launch after Madame Internet, not earlier than.
Madame Internet has made some fascinating casting selections up to now, even when it’s nonetheless removed from clear who the actors are taking part in. The film stars Dakota Johnson because the titular character, and whereas it isn’t confirmed, it’s seemingly that she’s taking part in the Julia Carpenter model of Madame Internet, because it’d take lots of make-up to painting the unique aged model of the mutant. Emma Roberts may even star in Madame Internet, in addition to comic Mike Epps, Zosia Mamet, and Isabela Merced, however they’re all in undisclosed roles.