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Apr 1, 2022 · Morbius: Directed by Daniel Espinosa. With Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris. Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.
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- Action, Adventure, Horror
- Daniel Espinosa
- 2022-04-01
Directed by Daniel Espinosa and written by the writing team of Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, the film stars Jared Leto as Dr. Michael Morbius, alongside Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, and Tyrese Gibson.
Apr 1, 2022 · One of the most compelling and conflicted characters in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero...
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- Daniel Espinosa
- PG-13
- Jared Leto
Mar 31, 2022 · Jared Leto as Michael Morbius, the latest marginal Marvel character to get a big-screen close-up. Jay Maidment/Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures. By Manohla Dargis. March 31, 2022. Morbius....
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By Joshua Yehl
Updated: Jan 13, 2020 8:40 pm
Posted: Jan 13, 2020 4:45 pm
IGN is excited to offer the first look at the trailer for Morbius from Sony Pictures, which you can watch above. Directed by Daniel Espinosa (Safe House, Life), the film stars Jared Leto as genius-scientist Dr. Michael Morbius, a Marvel Comics character who accidentally becomes a monster while trying to create a cure for his rare blood disease.
“Morbius, the man, is a pretty complex character. That's what I was really attracted to. This is somebody who has a lot of conflict in his life,” Leto told IGN. “He's a guy who's born with this horrible disease and is really a gifted person. When he was young, he was very curious about science and medicine and decided to dedicate his life to find a cure for the disease that he's afflicted with and that others like him have, as well. But along the way, all hell breaks loose.”
Given the carnage that unfolds in the trailer, that’s an understatement. Jared Leto stars as Dr. Michael MorbiusIn the comics, Morbius is referred to as “Morbius, the Living Vampire” because he transforms into a vampire-like creature with pale skin, incredible strength and speed, night vision, and a thirst for blood so he may sustain his life, although there’s nothing supernatural about him. He’s not like Dracula, meaning he’s not an ancient being who gets weakened by garlic, sunlight, or crosses. He’s very much a freak accident of modern science and a tragic monster of his own making. Morbius started out as a Spider-Man villain -- a gifted scientist-turned-monster not unlike the Lizard or Doctor Octopus -- but after reckoning with what he had become, he decided to use his abilities, freakish though they may be, to help people as a Marvel anti-hero.
It’s that very plight that drew Leto to the character.
“There's a line in the film where Morbius says that he's been dying his entire life and now feels more alive than ever. And I think that sums it up,” Leto explained. “Here's someone who's been afflicted with this horrendous disease and has had all kinds of challenges and has been in pursuit of this cure. And then all of a sudden has this power and this physical strength, which is all incredible, but there is a flip side to it, as well. There's a dark side. So that battle between the light and dark is something that he fights throughout the film.”
As we see in the trailer, Michael Morbius gains several superpowers as a result of experimenting with bat DNA to cure his condition. He lifts an impossibly heavy object with super-strength, moves at great speed while leaving a misty, colorful trail in his wake, slices a metal pipe (and a man’s face) with a gnarly set of claws, and senses the environment with echolocation. It’s all a pretty sweet package, were it not for the overpowering urge to consume blood.
But it’s that element of darkness that has allowed the character to endure in Marvel’s pantheon of iconic characters. There’s simply no other character quite like him. Yes, Bruce Banner struggles to contain the rage of the Hulk and Black Widow defies the conditioning that would have her be a merciless assassin, but no other marquee Marvel do-gooder must deal with the fact that, deep down, they just want to eat people. Or rather, drink their life essence like a cherry Slurpee.
"Morbius is an imperfect person. He's not your grandfather's superhero."
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Joshua is Senior Features Editor at IGN. You can reach out to him on Twitter @JoshuaYehl and IGN.
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Feb 25, 2022 · One of the most compelling and conflicted characters in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters comes to the big screen as Oscar winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic anti-hero Dr. Michael Morbius in the upcoming theatrical release of Morbius.
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