Marvel vampire Morbius arrived a little late for Halloween, with a trailer for Jared Leto's upcoming Spider-Man spinoff landing on Tuesday.
The movie, which hits theaters Jan. 28, tells the spooky superhero tale of Michael Morbius, a scientist who tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease with bat DNA (what could go wrong?). Joining Leto are Good Omens' Adria Arjona as Morbius' fiancee, former Doctor Who Matt Smith as his buddy Loxias Crown, Tyrese Gibson from Fast & Furious as FBI agent Simon Stroud and Chernobyl's Jared Harris as Morbius' mentor.
Fans have been waiting a while to see Morbius, especially since the first trailer arrived online early last year. We've still got a couple of months to go before Morbius is in theaters, but Sony has finally released a second trailer to show off a little more of the action.
However, the previous trailer hinted that Morbius may cross over to the MCU through the appearance of Michael Keaton's Vulture (last seen in the MCU-set Spider-Man: Homecoming), getting fans excited for the prospect of future Spidey crossovers. Since then, the post-credits scene in Venom: Let There Be Carnage opened up possibilities even more.
Tuesday's trailer sees Morbius jokingly referring to himself as Venom, and the Daily Bugle (a newspaper seen in the Spidey movies) appears in one shot. It features the same masthead as the version seen in the Tobey Maguire trilogy and includes references to Spidey villain the Rhino and frenemy the Black Cat -- Andrew Garfield's subplot-laden Amazing Spider-Man 2 included both of these characters.
In the MCU, the Bugle and fiery publisher J. Jonah Jameson showed up in Spider-Man: Far From Home, but as an online news outlet. It's unclear if there's a print edition.
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Since the Maguire, Garfield and Tom Holland movies are set in different continuities, the paper's presence in Morbius might hint at the suspected multiversal crossover coming in this December's Spider-Man: No Way Home. Or it might just be a fun Easter egg in a vampire antihero movie.
Leto stars in the film as the titular Morbius, a scientist with a rare blood disease who sets out to find a cure and save others who have the same condition. In trying to cure one issue, Morbius creates another, turning himself into a vampire. Tyrese Gibson, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, and Michael Keaton all co-star in Morbius. Keaton's role is the one that most Marvel fans will be paying attention to, as he shocked everyone when he showed up at the end of the first trailer. He played Adrian Toomes, aka Vulture, in Spider-Man: Homecoming, a film that takes place within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His inclusion has many wondering if Morbius is also somehow connected to the MCU.
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Here's the official Morbius synopsis from Sony:
"One of Marvel's most compelling and conflicted characters comes to the big screen as Oscar winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero, Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease."
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Morbius is currently scheduled to arrive in theaters on January 28, 2022.
