Madame Web is a American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The film was directed by S. The film depicts the origin story of Cassie Webb Johnson , who confronts her past while trying to save three young women Sweeney, Merced, O'Connor from Ezekiel Sims Rahim , who wants to kill them before they become Spider-Women in the future and kill him.
Sony Pictures began developing a Madame Web film for its shared universe by September , with Sazama and Sharpless writing the script. Clarkson joined as the director in May , in her feature film directorial debut , and Johnson was cast in early Further castings occurred in the following months, particularly for the Spider-Women characters.
Filming began in mid-July and wrapped before the end of the year, occurring throughout Massachusetts, New York City, and Mexico. Clarkson and Parker's involvement as writers was revealed in November In , in the Amazon rainforest in Peru , a research team led by a pregnant Constance Webb discovers an unidentified spider species with rare healing properties. Ezekiel Sims , the man Constance hired for protection and security, betrays the team and claims the spider for himself, shooting her in a struggle before fleeing with the spider and leaving Constance to die.
An indigenous tribe attempts to save Constance by having one of the spiders bite her. However, she dies shortly after giving birth to her daughter, Cassandra. During a dangerous call, she falls into the water and has a near-death experience. Ben revives Cassie, but she begins to experience visions.
His visions lead him to believe that they are destined to kill him. Cassie is also drawn to the same girls and intervenes to stop Ezekiel from ambushing them at Grand Central Terminal. She steals a taxi and takes the girls out of the city to hide them in a nearby forest. Cassie returns to her apartment and finds her mother's notes, which tell of Ezekiel's identity and the true nature of his powers.
