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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Morbius,” Sony’s latest attempt to extend its cinematic universe of Spider-Man villains and heroes, opened to $5.7 million in Thursday previews. The $75 million superhero film is on track to pull in $40 million in its first weekend of release. It’s a sign of just how much moviegoers love comic book fare.

Tyrese Gibson is weighing in on the Oscars drama. The 43-year-old actor spoke to ET's Kevin Frazier on Wednesday, and revealed why he's supporting Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards.«When is the last time you heard somebody apologize about something they either said or did in this town?» Gibson asked, referencing Smith's acceptance speech apology to his peers and the Academy, and his later statement expressing his apologies to Rock. «We lack accountability.

supports HTML5 videoWarning: Spoilers for Morbius and the post-credits scenes ahead.Although it’s so far resulted in less than rave reviews, Morbius has hinted about what’s set to come in the MCU and Sony universe.The new film stars Jared Leto as Michael Morbius, a biochemist who is fighting to find a cure for his rare blood disease.He ends up inadvertently developing a rare form of vampirism with his ‘cure’, and is forced to try to stop his childhood friend (Matt Smith) from causing a massacre.Following the movie, there are two end-credits scenes, which set up what is about to happen next.In the first scene, we’re reintroduced to Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes, who mysteriously shows up in a prison cell. News reports show him being taken away from the cell and, presumably, released.Adrian, also known as Vulture, is a black market arms dealer and was introduced in Spider-Man: Homecoming.In the second scene, Vulture appears to have found his suit (or made a new one), tracking down Morbius.

The latest Marvel film has been released in the UK and sees actor/musician Jared Leto (Lord of War, Dallas Buyers Club) step into the role of the franchise's most iconic anti-hero. The film was directed by Daniel Espinosa and also stars Tyrese Gibson, Jared Harris, Adria Arjona, Matt Smith and Al Madriga.

green-haired, tattooed maniac? A balding fashion scion? A gaunt, gangrenous heroin addict? (Unless you’re a Thirty Seconds to Mars fan, in which case maybe you picture lead singer Leto berating a crowd member.) Even among the ranks of beautiful movie stars who enjoy working incognito — think Charlize Theron in “Monster,” Christian Bale in “The Machinist” and “Vice,” Colin Farrell in “The Batman” — the 50-year-old Leto is in a class by himself in the lengths he’ll go to for his extreme on-screen makeovers. In his latest film, Marvel’s “Morbius,” Leto throws himself into the part of Dr. Michael Morbius, a biochemist who inadvertently makes himself into a vampire when a life-saving experiment goes wrong.

Jared Leto wears a full lace cape to the special fan screening of his new movie, Morbius, held at Cinemark Playa Vista and XD on Wednesday night (March 30) in Los Angeles.

Jared Leto claimed cinemas 'wouldn't exist' without Marvel films like his long-delayed superhero flick Morbius, which exclusively hits UK theaters on March 31 and US theaters on April 1.'If it wasn't for Marvel films, I don't even know if theaters would exist,' the 50-year-old Oscar winner said in his Variety cover story that dropped Wednesday.'It doesn't seem like there's room for everyone, and that starts to become a little heartbreaking.' Blockbusters: Jared Leto claimed cinemas 'wouldn't exist' without Marvel films like his long-delayed superhero flick Morbius, which exclusively hits UK theaters on March 31 and US theaters on April 1Jared portrays biochemist-turned-vampire Dr. Michael Morbius in Daniel Espinosa's long-delayed, $75M-budget superhero flick, which marked his first solo starring role in a major Hollywood movie.'It's time,' Leto stated.

Annika Pham Stockholm-based Momento Film, the company behind “Tiny King for a Day” and Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market-bound work in progress “Dogborn,” has confirmed start of production and E.U. partners on Daniel Espinosa’s “Madame Luna,” its biggest project ever.Principal photography in Sicily and Calabria is set to begin May 5 on the €5 million ($5.6 million) refugee drama, penned by Maurizio Braucci (“Gomorrah”) and Suha Arraf (“Lemon Tree”) from an idea by Binyam Berhane.David Herdies is producing for Momento Film, with co-production partners Marco Alessi and Massimiliano Navarra of Italy’s Dugong Films, Peter Nadermann of Germany’s Nadcon and Katja Adomeit and Pål Røed of Denmark’s Adomeit Film.

Between his prosthetic/fat-suit-wearing hammy performance in “House Of Gucci” and his upcoming role as an antihero vampire in Sony‘s “Morbius” Spider-Man spin-off film, we’re sure getting a lot of Jared Leto of late.

Columbia Pictures dropped a new scene, character poster and still for Morbius.

Talk about bad blood. Jared Leto’s Dr. Michael Morbius, suffering from a rare blood disorder, undergoes his own experimental treatment only to find an inner darkness unleashed.

EXCLUSIVE: British actor Bentley Kalu, best known for his roles in American Assassin and Avengers: Age of Ultron, has signed with The Rosenzweig Group for management.

Well, it’s all happening and not particularly surprising given some of the news from this afternoon: most studios are expecting to delay all their spring and summer films due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the way it’s crippled theatergoing in America. The latest casualty, with surely many more to come, is the “Spider-Man” spin-off “Morbius” starring Jared Leto.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterSony has postponed the theatrical release of “Morbius,” the comic book thriller starring Jared Leto, as studios continue to grapple with the pandemic’s impact on the film industry.The movie, which has been delayed numerous times amid the COVID-19 crisis, was most recently scheduled to debut on March 19. It will now premiere in theaters on Oct.

Sony’s Morbius, starring Jared Leto, will no longer debut on March 19 rather Oct. 8.

EXCLUSIVE: Managers Ari Zudkewich and Jared Ceizler are joining Cavalry Media. The pair arrive at Cavalry after spending six years at Magnolia Entertainment.

It appears that, after helming some major studio tentpole films, director Daniel Espinosa is ready to go back to working on smaller-scale dramas, such as the upcoming feature, “The Execution.” According to Deadline, Espinosa has signed on to helm a drama titled “The Execution,” which is set to tell the story of the tragic killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. For those that aren’t aware of the situation, Khashoggi was a Saudi-born journalist working for the Washington Post who was brutally executed.