New behind-the-scenes images released by Sony show Jared Leto preparing for his role as the Living Vampire with Morbius director, Daniel Espinosa.
Newly released behind-the-scenes images show Jared Leto preparing to film the upcoming Marvel film, Morbius. Following Venom and its sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Morbius will be the third film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, which focuses on Marvel Comics characters associated with Spider-Man. Directed by Daniel Espinosa, the director of Safe House, Morbius stars Leto as the title character. The film is produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel and is set to premiere on April 4, 2022.
Morbius tells the story of one of Marvel's most conflicted antiheroes, Dr. Michael Morbius. Morbius' desperate attempts to cure his rare blood disease twist the man into the Living Vampire who must contend with the evil he has awoken within himself. The upcoming film will also feature Adria Arjona as Martine Bancroft, Morbius' fiancee, Matt Smith as Milo, the film's main antagonist, and a reworking of Morbius's friend Loxias Crown, who shares the same disease, as well as Tyrese Gibson and Al Madrigal as Simon Stroud and Roberto Rodriguez, two FBI agents hunting Morbius after his monstrous transformation. Additionally, Michael Keaton is reprising his role from Spider-Man: Homecoming as the Vulture.
After the final Morbius trailer dropped recently, Sony released a new set of images to promote the film. The new image set includes three stills from the movie and four behind-the-scenes shots of the cast and director preparing to film Morbius. Check out all of the new images below:
Morbius' production faced many setbacks since the film was announced in 2018. Like many movies released recently, the cast and crew of Morbius saw production halts due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and Morbius' release date was pushed back several times to accommodate the pandemic. Thankfully for those who have been waiting to see the Living Vampire take to the big screen since a Morbius cameo was first teased for Blade in 1998, these new BTS photos give further confirmation that Morbius is finally happening.
Although the presence of Keaton's Vulture in Morbius appears to be a crossover to the MCU, it seems clear from this new set of images that the film will focus more on Morbius' origin journey as the Living Vampire rather than how the character might connect to others from Sony's Spider-Man Universe. That being said, Sony is expecting to release a Kraven the Hunter film starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson next year and is developing several other films within its universe, so there will be plenty of opportunities for Morbius to crossover. Fans will have to wait until Morbius premieres in April to see whether or not the film sets up any of those future crossovers.
Source: Sony
