You’re probably thinking, what exactly is Sony’s strategy with their Spider-Verse? After all, unlike Marvel or DC, or most other film studios, all their spin-offs are generally centered around super villains or anti-heroes. Well, much of that is because Sony’s Spider-verse is much more limited. The company only owns characters within the Spider-Man universe, and most of the known characters in that universe are Spider-Man’s villains, like “Venom” who got his own movie franchise, “Kraven The Hunter,” who is getting his own film, and the upcoming “Morbius,” based on the Spider-Man villain, Morbius, The Living Vampire. The connection between all these characters is that they have all been villains at one point and then at some point became anti-heroes as well (and then went back to villains, there’s a long history in comics). What Sony seems to be doing, however, is starting out all these characters as anti-heroes and then saving them for team-ups with Tom Holland’s “Spider-Man,” where they’re maybe a bit of foe or friend; time will tell.
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Regardless, the next Spider-Man spin-off coming off the heels of the super successful “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is “Morbius,” and it stars Academy Award-winner Jared Leto as the Living Vampire, who starts as an ambitious, but reckless doctor trying to save lives but also cure himself of a terminable disease. Here’s the official synopsis:
One of the most compelling and conflicted characters in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic anti-hero Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first, it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?
“Morbius” finally lands in movie theaters April 1, 2022.