{"id":45911,"date":"2024-02-14T17:39:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T16:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1992496"},"modified":"2024-02-14T18:54:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:54:00","slug":"madame-web-has-no-end-credits-scene-director-explains-why","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/madame-web-has-no-end-credits-scene-director-explains-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Madame Web has no end credits scene \u2013 director explains why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> SJ Clarkson says she felt &#8220;we&#8217;d said everything we needed to say in the film&#8221;. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 14 February 2024 at 16:39 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The director of new superhero film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/scifi\/madame-web-movie-release-date\/\">Madame Web<\/a> has explained why the movie doesn\u2019t have an end credits scene.<\/p>\n<p>It has become a tradition for entries into this genre to include an extra scene at the end of the film, either teasing a future instalment or referencing something that happened earlier in the movie \u2013 but SJ Clarkson has revealed that she wanted her feature debut to stand on its own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was about telling a great story,\u201d she said during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/madame-web-has-no-post-credits-scene-1235824034\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father always used to say, \u2018If you have to say something, stand up, speak up and then shut up.\u2019 So when I got to the end credits, I felt that we\u2019d said everything we needed to say in the film. It\u2019s up to whatever is next to take on the button.\u201d<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Madame Web arrived in UK cinemas today \u2013 Wednesday 14th February \u2013 and has been met with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/scifi\/madame-web-reactions-reviews-newsupdate\/\"> overwhelmingly negative responses<\/a> from critics, billed as an \u201cembarrassing mess\u201d in one review and as \u201cthe worst comic book movie I have ever seen\u201d in another.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/scifi\/madame-web-reactions-reviews-newsupdate\/\">Madame Web first reactions and reviews call it an \u201cembarrassing mess\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/love-actually-wins-best-rom-com-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Love Actually narrowly wins best romcom of all time in RadioTimes.com poll<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">The film stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Web, a paramedic and clairvoyant who teams up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/scifi\/madame-web-cast-characters\/\">three women<\/a> \u2013 Julia (Sydney Sweeney), Mattie (Celeste O\u2019Connor) and Anya (Isabela Merced) \u2013 to fight the villainous Ezekiel \u2018Zeke\u2019 Sims.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is the fourth entry in Sony\u2019s shared Spider-Man Universe, following Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Morbius \u2013 the latter of which suffered from similarly terrible reviews.<\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; } @keyframes gvtext1 { 0% { opacity: 1 } 47% { opacity: 1 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 100% { opacity: 0 } } @keyframes gvtext2 { 0% { opacity: 0 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 53% { opacity: 1 } 100% { opacity: 1 } } ]]><\/style> <div style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" style=\"position:absolute;\"> Green Video Post Element <br\/>Video ID: \"9e95d6b9d405c7b482dd9257ddefe1ad5f9f8cbf\" <br\/>Mix ID: \"\" <br\/>Player ID: \"Tw3-XowQ\" <\/div> <div class=\"gvtext1\" style=\"padding: 10px;\"> If the player doesn't appear here within a few seconds, the Player ID or Licence Key (set via IM Green Video settings) might be invalid. <\/div> <\/div> <green-video embed-id=\"Tw3-XowQ\" content-id=\"9e95d6b9d405c7b482dd9257ddefe1ad5f9f8cbf\" mix-id=\"\"\/>\n<\/div> <p><strong>Madame Web is now showing in UK cinemas. <\/strong><strong>Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/\">Film<\/a>\u00a0hub for more new and features, or find something to watch with our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\"><strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong>. 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