Dakota Johnson To Star , in Sony’s ‘Madame Web’.<br />Deadline reports Johnson is in talks to play the superhero in the 'Spider-Man' spinoff.<br />The screenplay was written by <br />Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless.<br />The screenplay was written by <br />Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless.<br />S.J. Clarkson will direct the feature film.<br />The comic book character of Madame Web has always been <br />portrayed as an elderly woman who was hooked up to a <br />life support machine that resembled a spider web.<br />She didn't engage in physical battles, instead contributing with psychic sensory powers.<br />Deadline likens the character to Doctor Strange.<br />Sources say the project could evolve a different way since Johnson, 32, is not an old woman.<br />Sources say the project could evolve a different way since Johnson, 32, is not an old woman.<br />Sony's other recent blockbusters, <br />'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' <br />and 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' have raked in <br />$500 million and $1.7 billion, respectively, worldwide.<br />Sony's other recent blockbusters, <br />'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' <br />and 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' have raked in <br />$500 million and $1.7 billion, respectively, worldwide
