

On September 16, 2022, Variety reported that Sony had been shifted the film's release to February 16, 2024. On July 19, 2022, Deadline reported that the film's release date had been shifted to October 6, 2023. On April 20, 2022, Deadline reported that the film was scheduled to premiere on July 7, 2023. On March 16, 2022, Deadline reported that Sydney Sweeney had joined the cast playing an unknown character. On February 3, 2022, Deadline reported that Dakota Johnson had been cast in the title role.

Several insiders stated that the project was about the Madame Web film, and that the studio wanted an A-star in the main role such as Charlize Therone or Amy Adams. Clarkson, and that it would be the first female-centered movie of the Sony's Spider-Man Universe. On May 20, 2020, Variety reported that a secret Marvel movie from Sony was in the works with director S. On September 26, 2019, Collider reported about the release of a Madame Web feature film, stating that Morbius' writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless would write the film.
