Marvel has called Isabela Merced for “Madame Web”, a spin-off of Spider-Man

Peruvian-American actress Isabela Merced is the latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in which she will make her debut with web ladya film based on the saga Spiderman and whose rights are owned by Sony Pictures.

Merced will share the screen with Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney and Celeste O’Connor, according to an exclusive published by the American newspaper Deadline.

Director SJ Clarkson, known for her work on Netflix’s darkest Marvel series, Jessica Jonesand the MCU spin-off The defenderswas commissioned to shoot the film web lady. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, the duo behind Morbiowith Jared Leto, he will write the screenplay.

Character

In the comics, Madame Web is the key to the interconnected multiverse, a somewhat confusing concept that Sony, Disney, and Warner Bros. have begun to use in separate on-screen adventures.

The “metaverse” theory involves more versions of characters from different timelines than, in the case of Spider-Man: a new universe Y Spider-Man: There is no way to go homeboth Sony, can intersect to varying degrees.

Madame Web often appears as a minor character in the Spider-Man comics, where she is depicted as a blind, paralyzed elderly woman who has myasthenia gravis, a chronic autoimmune disease that requires her to be connected to a life support system that resembles a Spider web.

Plot details are still unknown. The character was introduced in issue 210 of the comic series The incredible Spideman, in 1980, where she is a clairvoyant mutant whose abilities prove highly beneficial to Spider-Man and his arachnid allies, such as Spider-Woman.

The last movie

The worldwide success of Spider-Man: There is no way to go homewhich is already the fourth highest-grossing film in US history with a total gross of $ 735 million, has led Sony to continue betting on the saga with this “spin-off”.

In Argentina, as early as March the film reached a record breaking the barrier of four million viewers. In this way it became the most watched superhero film in the history of our country.

Actress and singer

For her part, Merced, who was born in the United States but also has Peruvian citizenship, He is one of the emerging talents of Hollywood..

After starring with Eva Longoria and Eugenio Derbez in the film Dora and the lost city of goldwill be previewed Father of the bridea project that brought him together with stars of the caliber of Gloria Estefan, Diego Boneta, Andy García and Adria Arjona.

First, presented this summer Sweet girl on Netflix, a thriller in which he starred with Jason Momoa and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo.

He also entered the world of music, collaborating with Sebastian Yatra and Danna Paola. the success of the song There is no one else Sebastián Yatra was such that he released the English version of that song in the company of the artist Isabela Moner, which is Merced’s real surname. The song in that language is called my only oneand it was also a hit in 2018.

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