Morbius: Jared Leto Says Spider-Man Spinoff Is Different From Most Superhero Movies
Spider-Man spinoff apart from most superhero movies when it expands Sony s Universe of Marvel Characters and what makes the big popcorn movie scary fun. The
Suicide Squad star plays biochemist Dr. Michael Morbius, who is stricken with a form of vampirism when he undergoes an experimental process to cure his rare blood disease. Now a living vampire who satisfies his bloodlust by preying on criminals, Morbius super-human transformation makes him a target for FBI agents Alberto Rodriguez (Al Madrigal) and the metal-armed Simon Stroud (Tyrese Gibson). [It s] a Jekyll and Hyde story that s just big and fun, and sometimes is a little scary, which is, I think, different for that genre, Leto told
I suspect this video from the forthcoming Amazon TV adaptation will have much more resonance with those who have read Robert Jordan’s
The
Wheel of Time fantasy novels than those who haven’t, but maybe I’m underestimating the world’s interest in swords.
Here’s the one-two punch of
Superstore news. The mother ship NBC comedy is coming to an end with season 6 in the wake of star America Ferrera leaving, and it has eleven more episodes left in its run. But The Wrap says a spin-off called
Bo & Cheyenne is in the works at NBC, with
Johnny Pemberton and