Madame Web’s connections to Sony’s Spider-Man films are tenuous as spiderwebs
Sony’s newest Marvel movie is about a spider-themed hero, but without the web-slinging or super-strength. Madame Webfollows Cassandra Webb (Dakota Johnson), an ordinary New York City paramedic who learns she has precognitive powers after a near-death experience. After being struck with visions of a mysterious man attacking three teenage girls, Cassandra attempts to help them and also unravel her own mysterious past.
How does Madame Web connect to Spider-Man, Venom, or any of the other Sony-affiliated Marvel characters? Is there a post-credits scene? We’re here to answer the obvious questions.
Nope. There are no direct references to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the film.
Sony has progressively downplayed the film’s connections to Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, removing its Spider-Verse-style “Meanwhile, in another universe” bumpers from the film in post-production. As of this January, according to director S.J. Clarkson, Madame Web is set in its own world, unconnected to past Spider-Man movies.
Er. Not officially. But it is heavily implied that some version of Peter Parker will exist in this universe. Adam Scott plays Ben Parker, who is heavily implied to be that Ben Parker — a younger version of Peter’s Uncle Ben. Emma Roberts plays Ben’s pregnant sister-in-law Mary, destined to be Peter Parker’s mom.
Nope! Once the credits start to roll, you can abscond from the theater without worrying that you’re going to miss the resolution of a plotline, or any future teases.
Madame Web, aka Cassandra Webb, isn’t exactly one of Marvel’s movers and shakers. A minor character in Spider-Man lore, she first appeared in 1980’s Amazing Spider-Man #210.
Nope, at least not in these incarnations. Theoretically, Sony has a Spider-Woman-focused film in development with Olivia Wilde, but little has been seen of it since it was announced in 2020. And the company is currently shooting a season of Silk: Spider Society, a TV series following Cindy Moon, the spider-hero known as Silk.
Read more on polygon.com
