devilshalo

Well, I didn't expect The Vulture in this.

dex14

I suspect you are as correct as much as Leto loves underaged girls.






devilshalo

I keep watching it and... it looks like a 30 Seconds to Mars music video.

IBJoel

sigh, what is wrong with this guy?

Mike86

It doesn’t look bad but I’m not overly interested in this either. The character doesn’t interest me that much for a solo film and I’m not really big on Leto. The most interesting aspect is the ties to the MCU and if that will go further. I’m sure I’ll see it when it’s out.

devilshalo

Messiah complex.. plus very cult-ish with his Camp Mars stuff. He's the new Manson.

Neil M.

And I suspect this is what Sony really wanted when they took Spider-man away from Disney. People will be more interested in these films if they exist in the same universe.

Josh-da-man

Yeah, I suspect it may be "one way" as well, sort of like how Agents of SHIELD would reference the MCU and even feature some of the characters, but the MCU films completely ignored Agents of SHIELD.

I'll go one further and say that the Sony Spiderverse films will only reference Sony's Spider-Man films, and not the greater MCU. So JJJ, the Vulture, and other characters from those two films may cameo, we shouldn't expect Hulk or Hawkeye to pop in.

Perkinsun Dzees

Other than the Keaton cameo, the trailer felt very "meh" to me. Some aspects reminded me of "The Fly" remake, but without Cronenberg's wit and with a dull actor in the lead.

brayzie

Yeah, this looks very cookie-cutter.
It seems like a very generic horror/sci-fi/action mash-up.
Worse, it doesn't even feel like a Marvel or Spider-man-related movie.

Giantrobo

What in the Dracula, Batman, Spider-Man, Nightcrawler, and Daredevil mash-up, bullshit is this?

Just kidding. I'm kinda familiar with Morbius. Doubt I'll pay to see in in theaters but I'll eventually check it out. to SONY for digging deeper into the comic character "Not an A-list Character" bucket.

devilshalo

There's not a lot to mine from the Spidey Universe in that regard. At some point, I'm sure Black Cat or Silver Sable will come back around. And Morbius was teased in the Garfield movie.

Giantrobo

Fair enough. But they coulda said, "Naw, noone cares about Morbius" and not made this. Good or bad, I just like that more Comic Films are being put out and that they are not all A-list heroes.

Mike86

Was he? I don’t remember that, but it’s been a while since I’ve watched either of the Garfield Spidey movies.

Why So Blu?

Had a very Dracula Untold vibe. I'm in!

devilshalo

Mike86

Ah I see. I don’t think I ever caught that.

DaveyJoe

I gotta stop drinking. I thought you were talking about the orange cat movie before you posted the screenshot.

Josh-da-man

Tom Banjo

That didn’t look too bad to me, although Leto himself makes me hesitant. Still, this is certainly the kind of role that suits him.
Interesting that this is set in the MCU. I’d assumed this would be set in the same world as Venom, which is not part of the MCU afaik.
This is something I’ve said a couple of times since the Disney/Fox merger, but I would bet money that either the next MCU phase or the one after will build towards the Secret Wars II comic story, which is basically Marvel’s version of Crisis on Infinite Earths. It seems to me to be the most logical way to eventually incorporate mutants into the MCU, even if they recast the X-Men (which I would prefer they do instead of using the cast of the current crop of movies, Deadpool excluded).

So, I remember reading a Morbius arc or two in the Spidey comics as a kid in the 90’s, but I don’t remember much, and can’t say I’m very familiar with the character. My memory of him though is that he is more of a “good” vampire, more anti-hero than villain. I’m curious to know if there’s any good stories that throw him and Blade together and show what kind of relationship they have. Anyone have any recommendations for some good Morbius/Blade stuff I can read?

Josh-da-man

Morbius was initially a villain when he was introduced in Amazing Spider-Man #101 back in 1971, though he eventually became an anti-hero and received an ongoing series in the early 90s when Marvel created a supernatural-based superhero line called "Midnight Sons," spun off from the popularity of the new Ghost Rider series. The line consisted of Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider: Spirits of Vengeance, Morbius The Living Vampire, Darkhord, Nightstalkers (featuring Blade), and, later, Dr. Strange.

I don't remember any interaction between Morbius and Blade, and I don't know if any of these comics could be considered "good" (early 90s when Marvel was churning out titles right and left to try to eat up shelf space from other publishers).

Did some checking, and found this on Wikipedia:

Tom Banjo

Too bad. Those 2 seem like they’d be perfect for a story where they have to begrudgingly team up to fight a common enemy.

james2025a

Why do I get the feeling that someone at Sony caught wind of Marvels plans to being back Blade and saw the potential opportunity for another crossover with one of their characters if they got a Morbius movie into development. Having Keaton in the trailer and the Spiderman game poster only strengthens that if you ask me. Seems like they are screaming out to be considered part of the greater MCU. I anticipate something very similar happening with the Venom 2 movie.

Speaking if Venom, the trailer felt very similar in storyline and tone. The final shot looked good, the rest of it looked like a movie from 15 years ago it was so generic. Interesting character to develop, but I dont hold out much hope for this one. I imagine the story is going to be so cookie cutter that it will prove to be a snoozefest.

dex14

This was in development before Blade was announced.

devilshalo

And I would think Ghost Rider would have never reverted back to Marvel if it were the case.