Morbius, the 70s Marvel creation from Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, is about to get his very own feature film out of Sony, and the living vampire, set to be played by Jared Leto, will have a former Doctor along for the ride.
Variety reports that Matt Smith is in a last round of talks to join the Spider-Man spin-off movie, to be directed by Daniel Espinosa (Safe House). There are no details on who Smith will play in the film, but it is cited as being a “major role.”
Morbius is working off a script by Netflix’s Lost In Space co-creators, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless.
There’s been no word yet as to if (or when) Jared Leto will be reprising his role as The Joker after Suicide Squad didn’t go down too well, but there were still plans for him to take on a solo film for DC at Warner Bros after its release. WB is currently concentrating on its Birds Of Prey team-up movie, however, with Margot Robbie featuring again as Harley Quinn. Production is due to start on that imminently.
Meanwhile, Sony has perked up after the success of Venom and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, grabbing a release date for Venom 2, and reportedly considering its options when it comes to Spider-Verse spin-offs and sequels.
More as it arrives.