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The latest Morbius poster art again confirms that Sony’s Marvel vampire movie is headed to theaters in April, the final date after an endless series of pandemic delays since 2020. In two mid-credits scenes, Adrian Toomes finds himself transported to Michael's universe. [a] Surmising that Spider-Man is somehow responsible, Toomes approaches the fugitive Michael and suggests that they form a team. [b] Cast Morbius’ latest trailer references multiple iterations of Spider-Man in theaters, with nods to the events lived both by Tom Holland in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man short-lived franchise. Additionally, the trailer has a clever easter-egg with Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man costume and mentions Hardy’s Venom by name, leading fans to wonder what exactly is happening behind the cameras. Adario Strange (April 4, 2022). " "Morbius" showed Sony the limits of Spider-Man's cinematic web". Quartz. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022 . Retrieved April 6, 2022.Strong, Hannah (April 6, 2022). " Morbius". Little White Lies. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022 . Retrieved March 31, 2022. However, before we get too far ahead of ourselves, all we really know for certain is that this Oscorp is a version of the building and eponymous conglomerate. Therefore, its presence doesn’t necessarily confirm that Morbius—and, by proxy, Venom—takes place in The Amazing Spider-Man timeline, although that might be left open to interpretation. What we do know is that Sony has long chased a spinoff megamovie centered on Spider-Man rogues gallery The Sinister Six, for which that version of Oscorp—as teased at the end of 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2—was set to be the tech-supplying home base. While those teased plans never came to fruition, Sony still has its eye on that particular megamovie ball, which makes the Oscorp Easter egg even more intriguing. The Morbius connections we already knew. Sony Pictures Erbland, Kate (April 2, 2022). " 'Morbius': Confusing Post-Credits Scenes Hint at Incoherent Twists for the Spider-Verse". Indie Wire. Archived from the original on April 2, 2022 . Retrieved April 2, 2022. Thus, the newspaper version of the Bugle was unique to the Venom movie timeline—at least, it was before the new Morbius trailer. In this instance, the Bugle, bearing the headline, “Dr. Michael Morbius Apprehended for ‘Vampire Murder,’” is a device used to convey an idea that was already hinted in the previous trailer, specifically that the disease-cured, but newly-vampiric Morbius will find himself in an involuntary custodial situation with the authorities over his (literally) bloodthirsty exploits. However, the paper Bugle clearly confirms that Morbius takes place in the same timeline as Venom; a notion made even clearer when Agent Rodriguez (Al Madrigal) says, presumably at the scene of a Morbius-related incident, “We haven’t had anything this good since that thing in San Francisco,” which is an obvious setting nod to the events of Venom. Manchester given a New York City makeover for filming of Spider-Man spin-off Morbius". Sky News. March 26, 2019. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019 . Retrieved March 29, 2019.

However, the film’s most vexing of Venom links was saved for last. As Morbius is using his enhanced strength to interrogate a man who’s apparently forging bills, he is posed with an iconic question familiar to the comic book movie genre of “Who are you?” Yet, rather than providing the traditional answer of “I’m Batman,” Morbius (as played by former onscreen Joker Leto) instead answers “I’m Venom.” Indeed, with the film’s shared-universe status with Venom now established, the idea of him answering in that way might just be a tongue-in-cheek moment that’s flying too close to the proverbial meta sun. Morbius’s Amazing Spider-Man Connection. Sony Pictures Morbius sees Daniel Espinosa ( Safe House) directing a cast that includes Jared Leto ( Suicide Squad) as Dr. Michael Morbius, Adria Arjona ( Pacific Rim Uprising) as Martine Bancroft, Matt Smith ( Doctor Who) as Loxias Crown, Jared Harris ( The Terror) as Morbius’ mentor, Michael Keaton ( Spider-Man: Homecoming) as The Vulture and Tyrese Gibson ( Fast & Furious) as an FBI agent.

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Bumbray, Chris (March 31, 2022). " Morbius Review". JoBlo.com. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022 . Retrieved March 31, 2022. a b Hood, Cooper (September 28, 2018). "Why Sony is Excited About The Morbius Movie". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021 . Retrieved March 26, 2022. Artisan Entertainment announced a deal with Marvel Entertainment in May 2000 to co-produce, finance, and distribute several films based on Marvel Comics characters, including Morbius, the Living Vampire. [27] Previously, the character was set to appear in Blade (1998), portrayed by director Stephen Norrington in a cameo appearance ahead of a larger role in a sequel. However, the character was cut from the first film and not introduced in Blade II (2002) after Norrington chose not to return for that film. [28] In May 2017, Sony announced plans for a new shared universe featuring Spider-Man-related properties beginning with Venom in October 2018; [29] this was later titled " Sony's Spider-Man Universe". [30] In July, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) director Jon Watts expressed interest in featuring Morbius and Blade in the then untitled Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), believing that the character's dark tone could work well within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). [31] That November, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless submitted a script to Sony for a Morbius film, after a "secret development process" at the studio. [32] Jared Leto became "loosely attached" to star in the title role, but would not commit to the film until he was happy with its direction; Leto asked to personally meet with several director candidates. [33] Jared Leto stars in the role of Morbius. Director Daniel Espinosa joined the film after meeting with Leto while he was on tour with his band Thirty Seconds to Mars.