Morbius is finally coming to the big screen as Sony releases final trailer

Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto stars in Morbius.

Sony Pictures has dropped one last trailer to stir up audience excitement for Morbius, the oft-delayed spinoff film about one of the lesser-known Spider-Man foes, directed by Daniel Espinosa.

As we reported way back in January 2020, when the first trailer dropped, Sony's film adaptation of the character was intended to be part of a new shared universe of films along the lines of the Marvel model. The studio hoped to spin-off the Sony Marvel Universe (SMU) from its successful Spider-Man franchise.

The 2018 film Venom kicked off the series, starring Tom Hardy in the title role. Critics slammed it, but Venom went on to gross over $850 million worldwide. (The sequel, Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage, finally came out last year after also being pandemic-delayed and grossed $500 million worldwide despite mixed reviews.) So Sony decided to move forward with the planned Morbius movie, tapping Daniel Espinosa (Life) to direct-a solid choice, since Espinosa clearly knows how to merge science fiction and horror. Jared Leto was cast as Morbius.

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