Does Sony Pictures know what it's doing with its Marvel Universe? That's still up for debate, especially after the reaction to Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and now Morbius!
The plot looks set to thicken with the latter, of course, as Adrian Toomes/The Vulture is being added to the mix, presumably to set the stage for the Sinister Six. What the point of assembling that villainous team without Spider-Man is hard to say, but Morbius director Daniel Espinosa has dropped some surprising, potentially spoilery comments during a recent Twitter Q&A with fans.
As you can see, the filmmaker started by confirming that Michael Morbius lives in the same reality as Eddie Brock, which is no great surprise since we expected all these spinoffs to take place in the "Venomverse." Later, Espinosa would respond with "Of course" when he was asked if Spider-Man exists in that part of the Multiverse, suggesting we'll "discover the answer soon" about which Spidey that is.
We'd bet on it being Spider-Woman based on the projects we know are currently in development, though Sony could shoehorn in Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker based on the demands to #MakeTASM3 happen. That would be a shame in many respects, as the Oscar-nominee would likely find himself in the same territory he was back in 2014 with the critically panned The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Morbius arrives in theaters on April 1. Check back here soon for our review.
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