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Sydney Sweeney heads to Universal for The Caretaker

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Just days after landing the iconic role of Barbarella, Sydney Sweeney is back with another round of movie news. This time, her next prominent feature has found a new home. The Euphoria actress will star and produce in The Caretaker from Universal Pictures. Deadline reports that the studio just landed the rights to Marcus Kliewer’s […]

Sydney Sweeney teams with Brad Fuller for The Registration

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Deadline is reporting that Euphoria and The White Lotus star Sydney Sweeney is teaming with producer Brad Fuller for The Registration. Based on the upcoming novel by Madison Lawson and scripted by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (The Night House), the film will be produced by Fuller’s Fuller Media Brand and Sweeney’s recently formed Fifty-Fifty […]

Sony’s Madame Web begins production as Adam Scott joins the cast

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Sony’s fledgling Spider-Man Universe may have suffered a setback with Morbius, the Jared Leto-led movie being so bad it tanked TWICE at the box office, but that hasn’t stopped the studio from pushing ahead with its plans to squeeze every inch out of the Spidey movie rights. No sooner has the J.C. Chandor-directed Kraven the […]

Sydney Sweeney to play whistleblower Reality Winner

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Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney has signed on to whistleblower Reality Winner in a drama based upon the true story of the military contractor who was accused of leaking an intelligence report into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. The as-yet-untitled film will mark the feature directorial debut of Tina Satter and is based upon her […]

Isabela Merced joins Sony’s Madame Web Marvel movie

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Transformers: The Last Knight and Dora the Explorer star Isabela Merced has become the latest addition to the cast of Sony’s Spider-Man universe spinoff movie Madame Web, Deadline has revealed. Details on Merced’s role are being kept under wraps, but the actress joins the previously announced Dakota Johnson in the title role as the Marvel […]

Sony schedules Madame Web for July 2023 release

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Sony has set a release date of July 7th 2023 for its Marvel Universe film Madame Web starring Dakota Johnson (Bad Times at the El Royale) and Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria). Created by Denny O’Neil and John Romita Jr., the character of Madame Web – a.k.a. Cassandra Webb – debuted in 1980’s Amazing Spider-Man #210, and has typically […]

Sydney Sweeney on joining Sony’s Marvel universe with Madame Web

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Last month it was announced that Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney is joining Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, with the actress signing on for an as-yet-unrevealed role alongside Dakota Johnson in the studio’s Marvel Comics adaptation Madame Web. Speaking to Variety this past weekend, Sweeney – whose star has been on the rise lately with roles in HBO’s […]

Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney joins Dakota Johnson in Sony’s Madame Web

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It looks like Sony has gained another leading actress for its upcoming Marvel film Madame Web as Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) is joining Dakota Johnson in the Spider-Man spinoff movie. Johnson is set for the title role as Madame Web, a mysterious woman with psychic powers and connections to spiders, while Sweeney’s character is being kept […]

Halsey to make acting debut alongside Sydney Sweeney in National Anthem

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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Halsey is set to make her acting debut in Bron Studios’ National Anthem, starring alongside Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria), Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell), Simon Rex (Red Rocket), Toby Huss (Dickinson), Gavin Maddox Bergman, Harriet Sansom Harris (Desperate Housewives) and newcomer Derek Hinkey. The feature directorial debut of Tony Tost (Damnation), National Anthem “revolves […]