Rumor: Madame Web Movie Screwed Up Its Own Spider-Man Plans

Madame Web represents Sony's ongoing efforts to establish a Spider-Man universe without the direct inclusion of the superhero. Initially, the production giant had planned to reintroduce fans to a familiar version of Spider-Man, but those plans have reportedly changed.

Madame Web is one of the most-anticipated superhero projects of 2024 and is another attempt by the production giant to build its Sony Spider-Man Universe. The Madame Web trailers seemingly confirmed that Spider-Man wouldn’t appear in the movie. However, a recent rumor suggests that Madame Web could have seen the friendly neighborhood superhero making an appearance in the film.

While appearing on the latest episode of The Hot Mic with Jeff and John podcast, insider Jeff Sneider revealed that Sony initially wanted Andrew Garfield to be the Spider-Man of the Madame Web world. The production studio altered its course and decided to include Tom Holland's Spider-Man. Yet, Sony acknowledged a timeline error caused by Madame Web reportedly being set in the '90s, prompting them to reshoot and eliminate any references to Spider-Man and a specific year. Sneider also indicated that the primary reason for the movie's reshoots was to eliminate all '90s references, ensuring alignment with the timelines. Additionally, the insider cautioned fans by saying they shouldn’t expect any '90s references in the movie.

Given the close connection of Madame Web's comic book tales to Spider-Man's, it initially appeared impossible to envision a feature film for her without some involvement from Spider-Man. Fans believed it would be interesting to see the team of Spider-Women being a part of Garfield or Tobey Maguire's universe. It could have given fans a brief glimpse of the character's current status. Unfortunately, fans will have to wait a little longer to learn which version of Spider-Man they will see in the future.In Spider-Man comic books, Madame Web is a superhero with mutant abilities, including clairvoyance powers. Her