Morbius release date pushed back three months - novathak1976

Morbius release engagement pushed back three months

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Morbius has been delayed, again – hopefully for the final time.

The movie leave now liberate on April 1 (that's not an April Fool, call) instead of afterward this month along January 28 because of increases in cases of the Omicron variant. This is the latest in a series of delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic – Morbius was originally meant to hit theaters in July 2020, before shifting to March 2021, October 2021, and and then into 2022.

Jared Leto will star As Michael Morbius, a scientist suffering from a rare blood disease who tries to cure himself but instead becomes a separate-of vampire – he has all the powerful abilities (and the thirst for lineage), but none of the weaknesses.

Michael Joseph Francis Keaton bequeath also appear in the movie – He played antagonist the Vulture in Spider-Man: Return, and atomic number 2's thought to be reprising that role in Morbius. A crossover between the two movies seems likely – Spidey, other Marvel/Sony character, appears to exist in this universe, with graffiti blemished in the trailer that refers to the web-slinger as a "manslayer".

Directed by Daniel Espinosa, the movie's handwriting was penned by Damned in Space showrunners Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared James Thomas Harris, Al Madrigal, and Tyrese Gibson also sensation.

Elsewhere in the Marvel/Sony universe, Tom Hardy, who plays Venom (and Eddie Brock) , is also rumored to have a cameo – Espinosa Crataegus oxycantha stimulate given the gimpy away in an interview last year.

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