Morbius is a 2022 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel. It is the third film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU), distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. Directed by Daniel Espinosa and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, it stars Jared Leto as Dr. Michael Morbius, alongside Matt Smith, Adria Arjon, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal and Tyrese Gibson. In the film, Morbius and his surrogate brother Milo become living vampires after being cured of a rare blood disease.
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Since 1998, there have been several attempts to bring Morbius to the big screen, including joining the Blade franchise and creating a solo film produced by Artisan Entertainment. , neither of which ever materialized. After announcing plans for a new shared universe of films inspired by Spider-Man-related characters starting with Venom (2018), Sony began developing a film based on Morbius. Sazama and Sharpless wrote the script by November 2017, and Leto and Espinosa officially joined in June 2018. Work on the film began at the end of the year with further casting, before production began in London in February 2019. Filming was confirmed to have been completed by June 2019, with shoots in Los Angeles the following February.
Morbius premiered at the Plaza Carso in Mexico City on March 10, 2022, and opened in theaters in the United States on April 1, 2022, after being pushed back several times from its original July 2020 date, primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It received mostly negative reviews from critics, with criticism of its writing, visual effects and post-credits scenes, although Smith's performance received some praise and became the subject of various internet memes. Although it did relatively well in its opening weekend, it underperformed at the box office overall, grossing just over $163 million worldwide against a budget of $75–83 million.
