Jared Leto-Led MORBIUS Movie Finds Its Female Lead In PACIFIC RIM UPRISING Actress Adria Arjona

Jared Leto-Led MORBIUS Movie Finds Its Female Lead In PACIFIC RIM UPRISING Actress Adria Arjona

Well, here's some interesting casting news to take you into the weekend as it appears that Jared Leto's upcoming Morbius standalone has found its lead in Pacific Rim Uprising actress Adria Arjona.

By RohanPatel - Dec 14, 2018 05:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Morbius
Source: Deadline
Deadline is reporting that Adria Arjona is in talks to join Sony's upcoming Morbius movie, which has Academy Award-winner Jared Leto (Blade Runner 2049) starring in the title role.

She'll portray the film's female lead, Martine Bancroft, who, in the comics, is engaged to the renowned Dr. Michael Morbius (Leto) before he accidentally turns himself into a living vampire while seeking a cure for his rare blood disease. She then quickly turns from fiancé to potential victim as Morbius learns to cope with his insatiable bloodlust. 

Daniel Espinosa (Life; Safe House) is directing the standalone feature with a script from Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama, who recently co-created Netflix's Lost in Space series. Their past credits also include Power Rangers, Gods of Egypt, The Last Witch Hunter, and Dracula Untold.

Production is slated to begin in early February, so expect to hear a lot more casting news as we enter the new year.

Morbius will be Sony's second live-action entry in their burgeoning Spidey-less Spider-Man universe, following the Tom Hardy-led blockbuster Venom, which raked in over $852.7 million worldwide.

The up-and-coming Arjona is best known for her roles in True Detective, Narcos, The Belko Experiment, Emerald City, Pacific Rim Uprising, and Life of the Party. She can be seen next in a pair of Netflix thrillers, the Ben Affleck/Oscar Isaac heist film Triple Frontier and the Ryan Reynolds-fronted actioner Six Underground
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EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 12/14/2018, 5:14 PM
Why bother complaining when you all know you're gonna' go see these movies anyway?
Poop
Poop - 12/14/2018, 5:33 PM
Who?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/14/2018, 6:04 PM
Adria: Jared...your teeth are LITERALLY IN MY [frick]ING VEINS

Jared: Its called METHOD ACTING Adria.

Adria: you are LITERALLY SUCKING MY BLOOD...

Jared: didn't they warn you...

Nightmare
Nightmare - 12/14/2018, 6:13 PM
@BlackBeltJones -
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 12/14/2018, 7:07 PM
@Nightmare -

Nightmare
Nightmare - 12/14/2018, 7:23 PM
@incredibleTalk -


Fckdcfanboys
Fckdcfanboys - 12/14/2018, 6:05 PM
852 million so far...
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 12/14/2018, 6:11 PM
OFF-TOPIC - I enjoyed ‘The Mule’. Plot Holes and Lack of Charactwr Development for Secondary.

But

Eastwood is Eastwood and that’s enough for me to carry the day.

2.5/4 but I’d give it a Fresh.
Nightmare
Nightmare - 12/14/2018, 6:11 PM
Shes fine as hell.


Didnt care for PR 2 or Belko Experiment. Shes got a good agent tho.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 12/14/2018, 6:13 PM
@KingPatel

"Marci" speaks out about Daredevil and insists it's entirely due to Netflix.

https://theplaylist.net/daredevil-netflix-marvel-cancellation-20181214/
4thMaster
4thMaster - 12/14/2018, 6:20 PM
I haven't seen her in anything, but she seems to be getting decent gigs. I still don't know what to make of this movie, I need a first look at Leto in costume and a trailer.

OT: I LOVE her father's music!
bobbo68
bobbo68 - 12/14/2018, 6:37 PM
Looking forward to Morbius I they do it justice but what I'm saying it's 20th Century
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