Insecure star Issa Rae has joined Sony and Marvel's Into the Spider-Verse sequel as iconic comics character Jessica Drew, aka the original Spider-Woman.
The Insecure star has been added to the cast of the sequel to the 2018 hit animated film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, and will voice the role of Spider-Woman.
The Spider-Verse is getting a little more…spider-er?…today, as
THR reports that Issa Rae has signed on to co-star in the sequel to 2018 s Oscar-winning
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Specifically, Rae still fresh off the fourth season of her HBO series
Insecure, and gearing up to produce its fifth will voice Jessica “Spider-Woman” Drew in the sequel, written and co-produced by the original’s Christopher Miller and Phil Lord.
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Of course, given the general conceit of the
Spider-Verse films which team Shameik Moore’s Miles Morales up with Spider-folk pulled from across a brightly colored multiverse of Marvel history there’s no guarantee that Rae will be playing the
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The Insecure star has been added to the cast of the sequel to the 2018 hit animated film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, and will voice the role of Spider-Woman.