Morbius the Living Vampire Movie in the Works With 'Power Rangers' Writers

*Autbot_Benz* · 11-13-2017, 12:47 PM

Sony’s cinematic universe based on Spider-Man characters just got a little bigger.

The studio is developing Morbius, a feature project centered on Spider-Man antihero Morbius the Living Vampire.

Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama, who worked on the recent Power Rangers movie, wrote the script, which was just submitted to the studio after a secret development process.

Morbius was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane and first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #101, the first issue not written by Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee.

Morbius is Dr. Michael Morbius, a scientist who suffered from a rare blood disease and attempted to cure himself to disastrous results. He instead became afflicted with a condition that was a form of vampirism — the thirst for blood, along with fangs and super strength — and fought Spider-Man. Over time, however, he became a slightly heroic figure in his own right.

Details of Sony’s take on the character are not known.

Sony has been furiously developing its stable of Marvel-licensed characters that are mostly based off the heroes and villains that are connected to Spider-Man. The studio, however, is being coy as to whether or not these new movies will be connected to Sony’s Tom Holland movies or connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe that is being produced by Marvel Studios.

Sony had no comment.

Sharpless and Sazama previously tackled vampirism with Dracula Untold, Universal’s origin of the most famous vampire that starred Luke Evans. They also count The Last Witch Hunter and Gods of Egypt among their credits.

The duo also are showrunning and writing the Lost in Space reboot for Netflix that is to debut next year.

They are repped by ICM Partners.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...riters-1056702

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 11-13-2017, 12:51 PM

No matter how much or hard we mock Sony, they keep throwing these out there.

Cripes.

*Autbot_Benz* · 11-13-2017, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

No matter how much or hard we mock Sony, they keep throwing these out there.

Cripes.

they are taking the DCEU approach throw **** out there and see if any of it gets made

*TheSkeletonMan939* · 11-13-2017, 12:56 PM

Haha, this isn't actually going to get a green light, right? Right?

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 11-13-2017, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

they are taking the DCEU approach throw **** out there and see if any of it gets made

Hey now! The DCEU is miles ahead of Sony.

They're just also miles behind the MCU...

*Spike Spiegel* · 11-13-2017, 01:23 PM

Words of wisdom from another vampire in the Marvel universe:

*Powder* · 11-13-2017, 05:00 PM

Morbius might be my favorite Spiderman villain, but I don't think I want this.

*Candy Kappa* · 11-13-2017, 05:35 PM

Um, okay.

It's like they're trying to make "fetch" happen

*DestronMirage22* · 11-15-2017, 04:32 PM

Ah, Sony.
You never change do you?
*smh*

*Andrew NDB* · 11-15-2017, 04:54 PM

This would only interest me if it were somehow tied to a Blade revival. I can't imagine it is, though.

*Autbot_Benz* · 01-11-2020, 01:46 PM

First look at Morbius Trailer Monday

*IMJ* · 01-11-2020, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

This would only interest me if it were somehow tied to a Blade revival. I can't imagine it is, though.

Interestingly enough, three years later you have your Blade revival coming (Blade: Revival... lol that would be a good double entendre name for a film), but it has nothing to do with Morbius, operated by Sony.

Not unlless they go beyond the planned Spider-Man appearance in Venom to mix all of the Sony-verse with the MCU.

~~AquaParade~~ · 01-11-2020, 02:37 PM

From that glimpse, it looks awesome.

Venom looks awesome too though and I can’t finish that movie.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 01-11-2020, 07:47 PM

I'm actually kind of interested in this, but only because I am somewhat familiar with Morbius, and have always kind of liked him as a character. Venom, Morbius, Blade- it sounds liket hey are gearing up to do a Nightstalkers movie! All they need is Hannibal King and maybe Dracula to fill out their cast roster.

*TigerClaw* · 01-12-2020, 05:11 PM

The Trailer is expected to drop tomorrow.
https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/s...018572289?s=20

Also that Morbius appears to be close to the Comics.

*Autbot_Benz* · 01-13-2020, 11:00 AM

*Voltron* · 01-13-2020, 11:05 AM

God dammit. Is that Jared Leto? Pass.

And here I was letting myself hope.

*Andrew NDB* · 01-13-2020, 11:17 AM

Bland and lame looking.

~~AquaParade~~ · 01-13-2020, 11:18 AM

That is some stinky ass shared-universe bait, unless Michael Keaton is, in fact, playing Adrian Toomes in this film. How about that Spider-Man "murderer" poster though? That certainly implies that this is an extension of the MCU, even if the poster is featuring a video-game screenshot of the Sam Raimi suit. Oh boy.

Hard to say with this one, but I have very little faith. The trailer though is just terrible. I won't place that on the movie.

*Andrew NDB* · 01-13-2020, 11:22 AM

What's the thing with these trailers about... we'll show you a bunch of crap, and then in the last 2 seconds before the credits splash we'll show you a TINY glimpse of what the titular character actually looks like.

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MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	I'm actually kind of interested in this, but only because I am somewhat familiar with Morbius, and have always kind of liked him as a character. Venom, Morbius, Blade- it sounds liket hey are gearing up to do a Nightstalkers movie! All they need is Hannibal King and maybe Dracula to fill out their cast roster. __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

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Autbot_Benz Hellblazer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ventura California Posts: 9,191	Morbius the Living Vampire Movie in the Works With 'Power Rangers' Writers Sony’s cinematic universe based on Spider-Man characters just got a little bigger. The studio is developing Morbius, a feature project centered on Spider-Man antihero Morbius the Living Vampire. Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama, who worked on the recent Power Rangers movie, wrote the script, which was just submitted to the studio after a secret development process. Morbius was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane and first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #101, the first issue not written by Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee. Morbius is Dr. Michael Morbius, a scientist who suffered from a rare blood disease and attempted to cure himself to disastrous results. He instead became afflicted with a condition that was a form of vampirism — the thirst for blood, along with fangs and super strength — and fought Spider-Man. Over time, however, he became a slightly heroic figure in his own right. Details of Sony’s take on the character are not known. Sony has been furiously developing its stable of Marvel-licensed characters that are mostly based off the heroes and villains that are connected to Spider-Man. The studio, however, is being coy as to whether or not these new movies will be connected to Sony’s Tom Holland movies or connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe that is being produced by Marvel Studios. Sony had no comment. Sharpless and Sazama previously tackled vampirism with Dracula Untold, Universal’s origin of the most famous vampire that starred Luke Evans. They also count The Last Witch Hunter and Gods of Egypt among their credits. The duo also are showrunning and writing the Lost in Space reboot for Netflix that is to debut next year. They are repped by ICM Partners. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...riters-1056702 __________________ I respect what FW cartoon did for the turtles franchise but it is the most overrated and hard to watch of the 3 turtles cartoons.

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Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	Morbius might be my favorite Spiderman villain, but I don't think I want this.

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DestronMirage22 Yukipedia Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 1,723	Ah, Sony. You never change do you? smh

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Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,558	This would only interest me if it were somehow tied to a Blade revival. I can't imagine it is, though. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

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~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	From that glimpse, it looks awesome. Venom looks awesome too though and I can’t finish that movie.

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Autbot_Benz Hellblazer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ventura California Posts: 9,191	__________________ I respect what FW cartoon did for the turtles franchise but it is the most overrated and hard to watch of the 3 turtles cartoons.

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Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,558	Bland and lame looking. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

01-13-2020, 11:18 AM	#19
~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	That is some stinky ass shared-universe bait, unless Michael Keaton is, in fact, playing Adrian Toomes in this film. How about that Spider-Man "murderer" poster though? That certainly implies that this is an extension of the MCU, even if the poster is featuring a video-game screenshot of the Sam Raimi suit. Oh boy. Hard to say with this one, but I have very little faith. The trailer though is just terrible. I won't place that on the movie.

01-13-2020, 11:22 AM	#20
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,558	What's the thing with these trailers about... we'll show you a bunch of crap, and then in the last 2 seconds before the credits splash we'll show you a TINY glimpse of what the titular character actually looks like. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]