Hello, and welcome to The State Of The Comic Book Movie Union Series: 2019 Edition: Part 4 of 6, which is on the Sony Marvel films. There are only two Sony Marvel universe projects that are in development at the moment that we’ll talk about today; Morbius and the sequel to Venom. Anyways, without further ado, let’s get to it.
First, I want to talk about Morbius. The character of Michael Morbius has always been an interesting one, one that is typically depicted as a doctor with a rare blood disorder that attempts to cure himself, but then accidentally turns himself into a form of vampire. Therefore, to depict such an interesting character, you’ll need an interesting leading man, which is what Sony has done for this project. Sony has hired Jared Leto to play the Living Vampire himself, which is an interesting choice considering Leto’s past as playing The Joker in the DCEU’s Suicide Squad, and it’s interesting because of how deep into a role Leto goes. If you don’t recall from back in 2016, Leto, while in the set of Suicide Squad, was so deep into his role as The Joker, he sent anal beads, condoms, dead rats, pig carcasses, and bullets to his castmates, which admittedly freaked people out. As out-of-line as that was, it may be what Morbius needs to be successful. Morbius is expected to, but not confirmed to, debut on July 10th, 2020.
Second and finally, I’d like to talk a little bit about the Venom sequel. If you saw the movie, like I did, and stayed to the mid-point in the credits like I did, you should remember that the mid-credits scene showed Woody Harrelson as Cletus Kasady/ Carnage talking to Eddie Brick in a jailhouse interview to set up a sequel. Both Harrelson and Tom Hardy have said they’re signed on for at least one more movie, with Harrelson saying he’s on for the first sequel, and Hardy said that he’s on for both the first and a potential second sequel. Nothing is known about the potential sequel except from the two stars. The Venom sequel is expected to, but not confirmed to, debut on October 2nd, 2020.
Alright, thank you so much for reading. Please, remember to tune in on Friday for State of The Comic Book Universe article on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Thank you again for reading, and remember, have a nerdy day.
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