Morbius is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Morbius, the Living Vampire, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is intended to be the third film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe. Directed by Daniel Espinosa and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, it stars Jared Leto as Michael Morbius alongside Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, and Tyrese Gibson. In the film, Morbius becomes a vampire after curing himself of a rare disease.After announcing plans for a new shared universe of films inspired by Spider-Man characters beginning with Venom (2018), Sony began developing a film based on Morbius. Sazama and Sharpless had written a script by November 2017, and Leto and Espinosa officially joined in June 2018. Work began in earnest at the end of the year with further casting, ahead of production starting in London in February 2019. Filming was confirmed to have been completed by June 2019.Morbius is scheduled to be released in the United States on April 1, 2022, delayed from an initial July 2020 date primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cast :
- Jared Leto as Dr. Michael Morbius:
- A scientist suffering from a rare blood disease whose attempts to cure himself afflict him with a form of transgenic vampirism,gaining superhuman abilities but none of the superstitious weaknesses associated with vampires. Leto was drawn to the character's struggle with his disease and the moral implications of a hero who has a thirst for blood. Leto found the role to be surprisingly challenging due to it being much less character-driven than his prior performances and also much closer to his real-life personality and thus did not require his well-known method acting approach.
- Matt Smith as Loxias Crown.
- Morbius's friend who suffers from the same rare blood disease.After previously turning down other superhero film roles, Smith joined the film due to director Daniel Espinosa's involvement and encouragement from Karen Gillan, who portrays Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and who previously worked with Smith on Doctor Who. Joseph Esson portrays a young Loxias Crown.
- Adria Arjona as Martine Bancroft: A scientist and Morbius's fiancΓ©e.
- Jared Harris as a professor and Morbius's mentor.
- Al Madrigal as Alberto Rodriguez: An FBI agent hunting Morbius.
- Tyrese Gibson as Simon Stroud:
- An FBI agent hunting Morbius. Gibson noted that the character is white in the comic books, and the producers "made him black" to cast the actor. Stroud has a "hi-tech weapons-grade arm" in the film, and Gibson described him as a superhero. Gibson signed a three-picture deal when he joined the film.
- Additionally, Michael Keaton reprises his role as Adrian Toomes / Vulture from the MCU film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).Corey Johnson will appear in an undisclosed role.
