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Tag: Sony Movies

  • ‘Morbius’

    ‘Morbius’

    Premiere: April 1, 2022

    After Venom‘s success, Sony increased its efforts to develop its own shared universe, populated by Spider-Man characters whose rights were in their possession. Development began on a Morbius feature and in June 2018 Jared Leto was brought on board as the titular character. Early 2019 marked the beginning of principal photography as production wrapped up later that year, around June.

    The first trailer was released in January 2020, as the studio eyed a July release date. Due to the COVI-19 pandemic, this was later changed to March 19, 2021. With the pandemic still far from being under control, and with cinemas still closed in most countries, the release date was once again shifted, this time to October 8, 2021, then to January 21, 2022, before settling on January 28.

    In yet another pandemic-related delay, mostly due to the worldwide dissemination of the COVID-19 Omicron strain, Morbius‘ premiere was moved to April 1, a full 21 months after its original release date.

    Cast

    • Jared Leto as Michael Morbius
    • Matt Smith as Loxias Crown
    • Adria Arjona as Martine Bancroft
    • Jared Harris as Emil Nikos
    • Al Madrigal as Alberto Rodriguez
    • Tyrese Gibson as Simon Stroud
    • Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes

    Promotional Material

  • ‘Kraven, The Hunter’

    ‘Kraven, The Hunter’

    Premiere: October 6, 2023

    After being in development for years, Sony moved forward with Kraven the Hunter in August of 2020 when director J.C. Chandor came on to the project with Richard Wenk writing.

    In what was seen as an unexpected move, Aaron Taylor-Johnson was cast as Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven himself in late May 2021. This will mark Taylor-Johnson‘s return to comic book adaptations after a short stint as Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron and as Dave Lizewski in the Kick-Ass duology.

    Early 2022 saw a couple of names being added to the cast, with Russell Crowe being the clear stand-out. The Academy Award winner will play an, as of yet, undisclosed role. A few weeks afterward it was Ariana DeBose who joined the project as voodoo priestess Calypso, alongside Alessandro Nivola who will play the movie’s main villain. This character’s name hasn’t been announced at this point.

    Four months ahead of its January 2023 release date Sony decided to push the project back a further ten months, with the premiere now set for October of the same year.

    Cast

    • Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Sergei Kravinoff / Kraven
    • Russell Crowe in an unknown role
    • Alessandro Nivola in an unknown role
    • Ariana DeBose as Calypso
    • Fred Hechinger in an unknown role