THE SIXTH SENSE

MADAME WEB Dakota Johnson brings wit and grit to Sony’s clairvoyant-superhero-origin-story thriller.

- KIM TAYLOR-FOSTER

When looking for someone to helm a woman-led superhero movie, turning to a director who’s been involved with one of the best-received comic-book series of the past decade, Jessica Jones, makes perfect sense.

‘There’s a groundedness, a grittiness, to Jessica Jones, which is definitely part of the cinematic vernacular of Madame Web,’ British director S.J. Clarkson, who oversaw two episodes of Jessica Jones, tells Teasers. ‘They’re both loners, a little bit abrasive, a bit quirky, and on the outer edges of things. With JJ, she had PTSD. That [sense of] reality to it was its success in a way. I suppose it’s the same with Madame Web.’