MORBIUS THE LIVING VAMPIRE Logline And Casting Details Revealed

MORBIUS THE LIVING VAMPIRE Logline And Casting Details Revealed

It seems as if Morbius the Living Vampire will be the next live-action character to enter Sony's "Spider-Verse" and now a logline for the spinoff has been revealed alongside some vague casting details.

By JoshWilding - May 25, 2018 11:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Morbius
Source: That Hashtag Show
While Sony Pictures may be happy working with Marvel Studios to restore Spider-Man to his beloved former self, the studio is also eager to capitalise on the other characters they acquired after buying the rights from Marvel Entertainment all those years ago. That's why Venom and Into the Spider-Verse are on their way this year, while Silver & Black and Morbius the Living Vampire remain in development. Now, some very interesting details about the latter project have surfaced via That Hashtag Show.

While we know that Lost in Space scribes Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless have been hired to pen the screenplay, it turns out that F. Gary Gray has already turned down the comic book adaptation.

While there's currently no news on who else the studio could be looking at to helm the project, we do know now that they're looking to cast a make of an unspecified race between the ages of 30 - 37 to play Morbius. A logline for the movie has also been revealed and it should make fans pretty happy.


"Horror action story of a scientist who, in trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transformed himself into a living vampire who, though disgusted by his own bloodlust, chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life."

That sounds pretty close to the comic books, right? Whether or not Sony will stick to those plans to make this a horror movie remains to be seen, especially as everyone assumed that was the plan with Venom before it became clear that it was, in fact, just your typical PG-13 action movie. Are you excited for Morbius the Living Vampire? As always, share your thoughts on this news in the usual place.
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SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/26/2018, 12:11 AM
Almighty Thanos. Please pay a visit to Sony Headquarters and snap your fingers.

lvcl
lvcl - 5/26/2018, 4:41 AM
BruceParker
BruceParker - 5/27/2018, 2:37 AM
@SonOfAGif - Unfortunately, that would only get rid of half of the crappy spin-offs Sony has in development.
lvcl
lvcl - 5/27/2018, 8:14 AM
SuspectOne
SuspectOne - 5/26/2018, 12:13 AM
WHY.
dracula
dracula - 5/26/2018, 12:14 AM
Forget these dam spin offs and just put him in a Blade movie or show, like they were originally going to do for Blade 2, the ending of the first movie almost included him
NOVAtheSUPA
NOVAtheSUPA - 5/26/2018, 4:58 PM
@dracula - really ? holy sheet that would have been awesome
dracula
dracula - 5/26/2018, 5:04 PM
@NOVAtheSUPA - Problem was Marvel and Sony said no, in case they wanted to use him in a Spiderman movie, which makes no sense considering Spiderman has a lot more well known villains. When it comes to Spiderman villain, Morbias is probably near the bottom of the list of villains likely to be used as villain in a movie
NOVAtheSUPA
NOVAtheSUPA - 5/26/2018, 5:07 PM
@dracula - well look on the bright side they saved morbius from trinity and we might get him and blade real soon in some way or another hopefully
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 5/26/2018, 12:17 AM
..........
Toecutter
Toecutter - 5/26/2018, 12:21 AM
Sony...

Toecutter
Toecutter - 5/26/2018, 12:25 AM
No, but seriously

MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 5/26/2018, 12:31 AM
This is still happening???
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 5/26/2018, 12:32 AM
*Sigh*...might as well start fancasting lol
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 5/26/2018, 12:34 AM
Could be good. Just not a complete necessary solo movie. But hey, 1hr 30min wouldn't be that bad.
tripttwe
tripttwe - 5/26/2018, 12:39 AM
@TheRationalNerd - I don't wanna "wouldn't be that bad". We are coming off of the heels of Avengers Infinity War! Give the greatest possible CBM, or give the opportunity back to those who have mastered the art. My two cents...
jj2112
jj2112 - 5/26/2018, 12:58 AM
Six-armed Spidey confirmed.

BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 5/26/2018, 6:17 AM
@jj2112 - The great Gil Kane.
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 5/26/2018, 1:16 AM
This will flop so hard
SaxoWolf
SaxoWolf - 5/26/2018, 1:41 AM
rather have a new Blade movie or the inclusion of Blade in the Punisher series.
DENNISsystem
DENNISsystem - 5/26/2018, 9:54 AM
@SaxoWolf - Frank Castle vs. Vampires? Yes. Awesome.
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 5/26/2018, 1:54 AM
Finally. This movie's been promised since about 1996/1997.

Probably will be shit, but who knows?, it could be awesome.

It s a good thing taht this is happening, though. It's been a long time coming and it would probably be an even longer time coming if it were with Disney all of a sudden.
Darlene1974
Darlene1974 - 5/26/2018, 2:13 AM
01. Spider-Man needs to be in it.
02. Sony should seek Kevin Feige, and ask him to work on it with them, start a Spider-Man's own universe of films.
Maybe even let the creativity be by KF. Just look at how successful his MCU is and has become.
Be silly of SONY to not try to work with Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige, in all honesty.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 5/26/2018, 4:10 AM
@Darlene1974 - ...I mean, they might as well just let this be the MCU then with all those stipulations.
BullyFU
BullyFU - 5/26/2018, 6:27 AM
@Darlene1974 - No need to mention Feige multiple times. You could just say let him handle it rather than listing a few ways for him to be in control. He's in charge of the MCU, they could push Marvel Studios to make a Morbius film. Feige isn't the be all end all of Marvel producers though. He doesn't need to be that involved.
Tusky
Tusky - 5/26/2018, 2:55 AM
Make in the same vein as the first blade movie and don't make him sparkle like a fricking disco globe.
Yes please with his loathing of his existence.
AgeofApocalypse
AgeofApocalypse - 5/26/2018, 4:11 AM
Ugh! Sony, give it up.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 5/26/2018, 4:11 AM
@AgeofApocalypse - SONY stays Rick Rolling.
Catmanlives
Catmanlives - 5/26/2018, 4:28 AM
Pffft.
Mattygrand
Mattygrand - 5/26/2018, 5:00 AM
I mean out of all the stand alones they’re making, along with Venom, I believe that this actually could have a chance. Morbius has been portrayed as an anti-hero many a time in th comics, so it isn’t that far fetched to see him getting a movie based around him.
But yeah I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t rather him be under the MCU banner, whether fighting Spider-Man or more preferably Blade, maybe introduce him as a supporting character and then have him become a villain after he transforms himself.
As for casting? Adam Driver, I think he could pull this off pretty well!
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 5/26/2018, 12:53 PM
@Mattygrand - agree
TheSanitizer
TheSanitizer - 5/26/2018, 5:28 AM
Get Michael C Hall as Morbius!
Hell, they can even follow the odd story formula of Dexter as an example but with more extreme and stylized action.
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