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Haunted by visions of his own death, Ezekiel Sims plays a competitor clairvoyant to Dakota Johnson's Madame Web a.k.a Cassandra Webb in the film. Seeing the future, Sims sees an older version of herself constantly assailed by Julia Carpenter, Anya Corazon, and Mattie Franklin all suited in their Spider-Woman/Girl costumes from the comics and endowed with superpowers. This clarifies why Cassandra had to defend the girls with her own powers and why the younger Ezekiel is trying to find them now.
Complete with his own set of spider powers akin to Spider-man, Madame Web's Ezekiel also features his own black and red spider outfit in the new teaser. Unlike Spider-man, Sims is seen to have accumulated some really large fortune, therefore giving him more tools with which to plan and execute his plots.
Created by J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita, Jr., Ezekiel Sims first made appearance in 2001's Amazing Spider-man #30 Unlike Spider-Man's surprise, Ezekiel presents himself to Peter Parker from the side of a building, therefore verifying his identical talents and also disclosing his knowledge of his secret identity. Still, Ezekiel isn't a villain. Rather, Sims reveals their shared position as cosmic "spider-totems" and the destiny that follows, therefore acting as a spiritual mentor of sorts to Peter. While Peter was bitten by a radioactive spider, Ezekiel's talents derived from a brutal rite carried out at a Spider-Temple in Peru (something Madame Web draws from).
Ezekiel's main goal in the comics is to defend Spider-Man and other spider-totems like Silk from the menace of Morlun, a vampire known as an Inheritor trying to absorb the life energy of every Spider-heroe across the Spider-Verse. In many respects, Ezekiel is the figure that first unlocked the door in the comics to more expansive ideas like the Spider-Verse and the multiversal Web of Life and Destiny, something quite relevant to Madame Web herself.
Actor Tahar Rahim from French-Algerian descent will portray Ezekiel Sims. Rahim's performances in A Prophet (2009), The Mauritanian (2021) and The Past (2013) are most well-known. Still, he will also be involved in Ridley Scott's forthcoming Napoleon film planned for release at the end of November. Playing Ezekiel Sims with the character's live-action debut in Madame Web therefore seems to be Rahim's first major franchise film.
Ezekiel Sims makes his stage debut as an Evil Spider-man in Madame Web. Originally from the Marvel Comics, Ezekiel's part in Peter Parker's life saw him guiding the Webslinger toward a greater realm of totems and destiny. But Madame Web's interpretation differs greatly because the main enemy in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.
All of which are meant to become different Spider-Heroes in the future, Dakota Johnson stars in the titular role as the clairvoyant Cassandra Web, Sydney Sweeney stars as Julia Carpenter (Spider-Woman), Isabela Merced stars as Anya Corazon (Spider-Girl), and Celeste O'Connor stars Mattie Franklin (Spider- Warrior). But Madame Web explains that a man called Ezekiel Sims is tracking them in an attempt to alter said future and presents a quite different Ezekiel than the one shown on the page. Including the comic book modifications, here is all you need know about Ezekiel Sims' Evil Spider-man.
The new spider-suit distinguishes Madame Web's Ezekiel visually most from the comics version. Although another Ezekiel from another dimension had a costume after assuming the Spider-Man role after the death of his world's Peter Parker, this new movie spider-suit is most definitely darker and more menacing. In the long term, these developments proved divisive ultimately.
This helps somewhat to understand why the modifications Madame Web made to Sims caused controversy in general. Many complex ideas and stories in the comics center on the character, hence the changes done to Ezekiel can be perceived to oversimplify him. Likewise, the film was compelled to cut all of his current ties to Spider-Man from the comics, therefore eliminating a lot of the richest aspects of his own lore, including the intriguing mentor-esque dynamic between Peter Parker and Ezekiel found in the comics. Although this makes sense in terms of run time, many of the more intriguing features of Ezekiel Sims are finally pushed to one side in favor of him becoming a more generic enemy. This is a move bound to be contentious. Indeed, the central subject of his story, that he sees his death every night, has distorted him to the point of stopping at nothing to terminate his seeming would-be killers, and has paid off with a less than cathartic ending leading to one of the most attacked sections of Madame Web.
Since the black Spider-Man costume of Ezekiel Sims was revealed in the Madame Web teaser, it has become one of the most talked about feature of the character. This resulted in a lot of conjecture about the origin of the darker costume, with a not negligible number of ideas suggesting that this might be early foreshadowing of Spider-Man personally showing up in the film. That proved not to be the case, though, when the film itself came out.
Rather, Sims's black Spider-Man suit is modeled by the Las Arañas, sometimes known as the Spider-People, Peruvian tribe that first consumed the spider venom altering Ezekiel and finally Peter Parker. Both in the subdued red he employs with the suit and the knotted web-like ropes the Spider-People have woven around them, which the lines and mask form mirror, what the film depicts of Las Arañas reveals that Ezekiel took his costume inspiration from them. Having said that, the black Spider-Man outfit most certainly has a practical motivation as well. Given Madame Web is a Spider-Man film highly relevant to the hero but devoid of actual Spider-Man, it seems logical for the narrative to go for as near to featuring him. Given the Sony-Marvel deals involving the character, using Spider-Man in movies can be somewhat difficult. Therefore, it would make sense that Madame Web aimed to at least have a character with some impossible-to-ignore visual similarities instead of actually bringing the character into the fold. If the goal was to create suspense, Madame Web did accomplish in some small measure even if this may have backfired when the movie opens and viewers who had hoped for the black Spider-Man outfit realized he was nowhere to be seen. Sadly, though, this just put the disputed changes about Ezekiel Sims in high definition.
Though his abilities come from the aforementioned rite in the jungles of Peru, Ezekiel Sims has the same equal spider powers as Spider-Man in the comics. This covers Spider-Man's strength, agility, spider-senses, and wall- sticking capacity. He is, however, likewise insensitive to Spider-Man's spider-sense and vice versa. Ezekiel also has a great wealth at hand, which enables him to build high-tech bunkers and more in line with his duty to safeguard his fellow Spider-Totems against Inheritors like Morlun (at least on page).
But it also seems as though this darker Ezekiel in the forthcoming Madame Web film is being endowed with some new powers. Though at least he has awareness of his own destiny and those of the future Spider-women, this may involve a degree of foresight that seems almost equal to Cassandra Webb herself. Furthermore, it seems as though he could be able to drain life forces observed upon grabbing Mattie Franklin on a train. This is more evidence that Morlun in the new Sony Spider-Man Universe could combine Ezekiel Sim's skills and sources from Madame Web.
Madame Web is a superhero film derived from the same-named Marvel Comics character. Filmed in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, the film centers on a clairvoyant lady with other dimension viewing capability. Leading Dakota Johnson is Sydney Sweeney, Adam Scott, Isabela Merced, and Celeste O'Connor; the remainder of the cast consists of
Introducing fresh characters and narratives that extend upon the linked web of Spider-People, the film explores a singular angle of the Spider-Verse. Madame Web is poised to be a fascinating addition to the always expanding Spider-Man universe with its original idea, gifted ensemble, and Ezekiel Sims included.
Offering a different viewpoint on the Spider-Man mythos, the successful and developing Sony Spider-Man Universe (SSU) has been. With a diverse range of characters, storylines, and creative approaches, the SSU has explored different aspects of Spider-Man lore, from the dark and gritty world of Venom to the high-octane action of Morbius.
Madame Web's inclusion into the SSU adds fresh dimensions to the franchise, therefore broadening its network of linked tales. With the arrival of Ezekiel Sims, a villain with a convoluted comic book past, the SSU is poised to investigate fresh aspects of the Spider-Verse, thereby maybe generating more crossovers and fascinating new opportunities.