


These traits may be closer to what ends up in the final film, if the casting of Johnson is any sort of indicator. This includes one named Julia Carpenter, who is younger and was once a Spider-Woman. Although, there have been a few iterations of the spider-themed mentor in the comics. Traditionally an elderly woman confined to a chair, Web is usually more of a psychic character than a physical one. The plot of Madame Web is also being kept under wraps, though the character has been described as the closest thing Sony has to Marvel’s Doctor Strange. While the nature of her involvement in Madame Web is still unknown, it seems like this is only the next step in a promising young career for Merced. Her credits also include roles in Transformers: The Last Knight and Sicario: Day of the Soldado, as well as a leading part in the forthcoming novel adaptation Turtles All the Way Down. The actress, best known for her role as Dora the Explorer in 2019’s Dora and the Lost City of Gold, was a finalist for the role of Ratcatcher II in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad and contended for a part in Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Speaking with, di Bonaventura revealed that the forthcoming SSU film is 'really the story of Madame Web.

This is the third major comic book project Merced has had her name attached to. Madame Web producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura recently shared that the upcoming superhero movie will offer Marvel fans a fresh experience in Sonys Spider-Man Universe. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless have written the script, after a previous attempt from Kerem Sanga. Clarkson, and is aiming for a release on July 7, 2023. Isabela Merced has officially joined the cast of Madame Web in an undisclosed role, joining the previously announced Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, and Celeste O’Connor in the upcoming blockbuster.
