Madame Web Movie Casts The Serpent Star Tahar Rahim In Undisclosed Role
Sony adds The Serpent star Tahar Rahim to the cast of its upcoming Spider-Man spinoff, Madame Web. Helmed by S.J. Clarkson (Anatomy of a Scandal), the new film will focus on the titular comic book character created by Dennis O’Neil and John Romita Jr. in the 1980s. With Sony’s first leading female superhero set to be portrayed by Fifty Shades star Dakota Johnson, it was also recently announced that Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold) had joined the cast in an unspecified role, alongside Celeste O’Connor (The In Between) and Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria).
According to Deadline, Rahim is the latest addition to the cast of Madame Web. The new role follows Rahim’s major success in the BBC/Netflix crime drama The Serpent, in which he played the notorious con artist and serial killer Charles Sobhraj. Exactly what character Rahim will play in the new superhero spinoff remains under wraps.
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Currently enjoying a big career boom, Rahim is next due to appear in Ridley Scott’s historical epic Napoleon and Apple TV’s new drama series Extrapolations. Announced back in 2019, very little is known about the Madame Web movie, though it comes amid the commercial success of other titles in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe including Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and Morbius. Based on various characters associated with the Spider-Man franchise, other planned titles include Kraven the Hunter and El Muerto, as well as a third installment in the Venom film series. Madame Web is anticipated for release in 2023.
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Source: Deadline
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