Morbius (film)

"I went from dying to feeling more alive than ever."

- Michael Morbius

Morbius is an upcoming superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is the third film in the Sony's Spider-Man Universe. The film will be released in the United States on April 1, 2022.

The film is directed by Daniel Espinosa and stars Jared Leto as Michael Morbius, Matt Smith as Milo Morbius/Hunger, Adria Arjona as Martine Bancroft, Jared Harris as Nicholas Morbius, Al Madrigal as Alberto Rodriguez, and Tyrese Gibson as Simon Stroud.

Synopsis
Horror action story of a scientist who, in trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transformed himself into a living vampire who, though disgusted by his own bloodlust, chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life.

Cast

 * Jared Leto as Dr. Michael Morbius
 * Matt Smith as Milo Morbius/Hunger
 * Adria Arjona as Dr. Martine Bancroft
 * Jared Harris as Dr. Nicholas Morbius
 * Al Madrigal as Agent Alberto Rodriguez
 * Tyrese Gibson as Agent Simon Stroud
 * Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes/Vulture
 * J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson

Locations

 * New York City, New York
 * Silver Sable Beauty Salon
 * Greece
 * Chameleon Theatre (mentioned)

Events
To be added

Items

 * Simon Stroud's High-Tech Arm
 * Spider-Man Suit (graffiti)

Vehicles
To be added

Sentient Species

 * Humans
 * Living Vampires
 * Symbiotes (graffiti; mentioned)

Creatures

 * Spiders
 * Radioactive Spider (logo)
 * Bats

Organizations

 * FBI
 * Kraven Pastries
 * The Daily Bugle
 * Oscorp
 * Sinister Six

Mentioned

 * Spider-Man (graffiti; mentioned)
 * Venom (graffiti; mentioned)
 * Silver Sable (indirectly)
 * Chameleon (indirectly)
 * Kraven the Hunter (indirectly)
 * Rhino
 * Black Cat

Production
After appearing in a deleted scene from , Morbius was intended to have a larger role in the sequel. However, this never happened due to Blade director (who portrayed the character in the deleted scene) departing from the film.

In May 2000, signed a deal with Marvel Studios to deliver Marvel Movies based on various Marvel Comics characters, including Morbius.

In 5 July 2017, expressed interest in using, Chameleon and Morbius in  , but this never went to plan. was the only character to appear in the film.

In November 2017, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that a Morbius film adaptation was finally confirmed to be in the works, this time at Sony, with Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama penning the script. It was confirmed to be set in the same continuity as Venom.

In April 2018, Sony was reportedly looking for to direct the film, and Fuqua was interested in directing. He said it was something close to what he would get excited about.

In June 2017, Variety reported that Jared Leto was cast in the title role and that Daniel Espinosa was directing. it was also confirmed that Matt Tolmach, Avi Arad and Lucas Foster were involved.

In September 2018, Avi Arad discussed about the excitement for producing this film, saying that a "healer that becomes a killer, and how do you deal with [that?]". Around then, Matt Tolmach confirmed they had planned to begin filming very soon. He also added that Leto would bring the same intensity to the character that he did with his portrayal of Joker in the DCEU.

In October 2018, Sony planned to film in Atlanta, but still hadn't set a release date.

By December 2018, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Adria Arjona was in negotiations to star as the female lead Martine Bancroft.

In January 2019, Variety reported Matt Smith would have a role in the film, after previously declining other roles in superhero movies.

In March 2019, Leto confirmed that production had started. It was confirmed that it had began under the working title Plasma. In that month, Jared Harris and Tyrese Gibson joined the cast as Morbius' Mentor and Simon Stroud, while Smith's role was revealed to be the villain Loxias Crown.

Around that time, Gibson confirmed his role and revealed he had signed on to do a 3 picture deal.

Furthermore, Filming was taking place in Manchester and New York.

In May 2019, it was confirmed that Al Madrigal would be playing Simon Stroud's partner, Alberto Rodriguez. . During June of that year, Matt Smith revealed that he was encouraged by Karen Gillan to portray Loxias Crown. .

In June 2019 Amy Pascal confirmed filming had wrapped for the movie. . By October of that year Jon Ekstrand was confirmed to be composing the film.

On the 13 January 2020 the official teaser for Morbius had been released, and confirmed several things such as Michael Keaton being in the film and that Charlie Shotwell and Joseph Esson would portray a young Michael Morbius and Loxias Crown respectively.