Spider Man: No Way Home star Jacob Batalon has opened up about spotlighting the experience of “being someone who’s not conventionally beautiful” in his upcoming Syfy series Reginald the Vampire.
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Spider-Man spin-off film Madame Web.The Euphoria actress, who joins lead star Dakota Johnson in the movie, has been confirmed for the project in an undisclosed role [via Deadline].In the Marvel comics, Madame Web is an elderly woman with neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis. She’s connected to a life-support system that resembles the web of a spider, earning her the nickname Madame Web.The character doesn’t fight any villains in the comics due to her condition and age.
However, Johnson (who will play the titular role) is currently in her 30s so it’s thought that the film will head in a different direction, possibly documenting Web’s earlier life.Sweeney will next be seen in National Anthem, a film also featuring pop star Halsey, Red Rocket’s Simon Rex and Sweeney’s Euphoria co-star Eric Dane.Elsewhere, the actress recently praised Euphoria creator Sam Levinson for allowing her to cut nude scenes from season two of the hit HBO teen drama.Sweeney, who plays Cassie Howard in the series, said Levinson originally wrote more nude scenes for her character in the second season, which she challenged without any pushback.Speaking to The Independent, she said: “Sam [Levinson] is amazing. There are moments where Cassie was supposed to be shirtless and I would tell Sam, ‘I don’t really think that’s necessary here.’ He was like, ‘OK, we don’t need it’.“I’ve never felt like Sam has pushed it on me or was trying to get a nude scene into an HBO show.
Spider Man: No Way Home star Jacob Batalon has opened up about spotlighting the experience of “being someone who’s not conventionally beautiful” in his upcoming Syfy series Reginald the Vampire.
K.J. Yossman Jacob Batalon is best known as Spidey’s BFF Ned Leeds in the box office-smashing “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” but he’s exploring his undead side in upcoming Syfy comedy drama “Reginald the Vampire.” In the series, based on Johnny B. Truant’s “Fat Vampire” novels, Batalon plays a recently turned vampire, Reginald, who finds he still has mostly the same problems as his living counterparts: an evil boss, unrequited love and a vampire chieftain out to get him.
Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield is believed to have called it quits with his girlfriend Alyssa Miller as a result of their conflicting and busy work schedules. Andrew, 38, and Alyssa, 32, are thought to have begun dating late last year, but the pair didn’t make their first proper public appearance together until February 2022 at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. However, Andrew then turned up alone to Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony – where Will Smith smacked Chris Rock across the face.
Sony’s Morbius is ostensibly a Spider-Man spin-off, but in many ways the Marvel movie has more in common with DC’s solemn The Batman. Michael Morbius is a moody, Byronic scientist living in New York, with rich sponsors to fund his research into the rare blood disorder he suffers from. The answer could possibly lurk in the DNA from which animal? You guessed it, the bat.
Spider-Man: No Way Home.The actors, who each played the neighbourhood superhero in a different iteration of the character, reflected on the first encounter in the latest Marvel film.“There was just such an open-hearted coming together, embracing each other and supporting each other,” Maguire told Digital Spy. “It was really beautiful.”Garfield added: “Tom, Zendaya, Jacob [Batalon] and Jon [Watts], it was like me and Tobey arrived and all of their arms were just open in a way that felt respectful, really caring, really loving and gave us a lot of freedom to create what we wanted to create.”In other Spider-Man news, Kirsten Dunst said she isn’t ruling out a return to the comic universe to reprise her role as Mary Jane Watson, which she played alongside Maguire.She told Deadline: “There’s still time.
Zendaya, Tom Holland and Jacob Batalon got a kick out of watching their auditions, and despite all the laughter throughout, they all noted the film «made a good decision» with their casting.Sony Pictures shared the video of the auditions earlier this week, and Zendaya, Holland and Batalon got together in a trailer and sat down to watch it together. Then, hilarity ensued.
Andrew Garfield received a second Oscar nomination for his luminous performance in the Netflix film “Tick, Tick… Boom!” directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Garfield brings a warm earnestness and passionate vocal skills to the role of writer and composer Jonathan Larson.
Daron James “Spider-Man : No Way Home” entangles Peter Parker (Tom Holland) in a “multiverse of madness” that culminates in a climactic battle at night atop the Statue of Liberty where web slingers from past franchises, played by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, face familiar villainous foes. The friendly neighborhood crime fighters required updated costume designs and an intricate web of visual effects that included the creation of full digital doubles to bring the historic moment to life.“One concern was how we were going to visually separate these Spider-Man characters from each other,” says Sony Imageworks VFX supervisor Chris Wagener, who oversaw the massive sequence.
Euphoria and White Lotus star has officially joined the cast of Madame Web, Sony's first female-centric Marvel superhero film, and will co-star opposite Dakota Johnson, who has been cast in the titular role.Madame Web is currently in development, with the only announced cast members being Sydney and Dakota. The film will be directed by S.J.
While it took Sony’s Spider-verse to get off the ground and the results were clunky—“Venom” seemingly being a love or hate proposition for some—the entity is up and running about to take off either way. Two “Venom” films are in the can, a crossover with “Spider-Man” has been teased, “Morbius” hits in April, and “Kraven The Hunter” is due in early 2023.
Sydney Sweeney is headed from into the Spider-Verse!ET can confirm that the actress will be joining Dakota Johnson in the upcoming spin-off, It was announced last month that Johnson is set to play the film's titular character, making her the first female-headlining hero in the Sony-Marvel cinematic universe. S.J. Clarkson is directing the film, after previously helming episodes of some of the Marvel-Netflix series like and with a screenplay from Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless.In the comic canon, Madame Web is a clairvoyant mutant, who has served as a mentor to Peter Parker's Spider-Man, as well as several heroes calling themselves Spider-Woman.
YES! Sydney Sweeney is joining the Sony/Marvel film Madame Web!
EXCLUSIVE: After a breakout year that included starring roles in HBO’s The White Lotus and Euphoria, Sydney Sweeney is now ready to jump into Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters. Sources tell Deadline that she has joined Dakota Johnson in Sony Pictures’ Madame Web. S.J. Clarkson is on board to direct the pic. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay, with Kerem Sanga also penning a previous draft.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterSydney Sweeney, of “Euphoria” and “White Lotus” fame, has joined “Madame Web,” a comic book tentpole set in Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters.Sweeney’s role has not been announced. As previously reported, Dakota Johnson has been cast as the title character, a blind, paralyzed elderly woman who has myasthenia gravis, a chronic autoimmune disorder requiring her to connect to a life support system resembling a spiderweb.S.J.
EXCLUSIVE: The Amazing Spiderman, 500 Days of Summer and Disney’s Snow White director Marc Webb has been set to direct supernatural thriller Day Drinker.
Issa Rae is playing coy about her role in the Spider-Verse!ET's Lauren Zima caught up with the actress at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, where she discussed her potential role in the upcoming sequel. «I don't know if I'm allowed to say that, but I love and would love to be doing it if I were,» Rae teased when asked about her status in the Sony production.The creator and star confirmed the news last June by reposting 's article on her Instagram Story, and expressing her excitement.«The way I have loved since the third grade. A dream come true,» she wrote alongside the screenshot.