Disney and Fox may be merging into a giant, hybrid universe where the X-Men can punch Captain America in the face, but Sony continues to build its Marvel-adjacent Not-Spider-Man Universe. According toVariety’s Justin Kroll, the studio has set aside a pair of 2020 release dates for two Spider-spinoffs; August 01, 2025 for a “non-sequel” and July 15, 2025 for a sequel. Nothing is set in stone—this could all be the yet-unannounced M.O.D.O.K. standalone film of my dreams for all anyone knows—but the smart money would be on the report pointing toMorbiusand a sequel to this year’s surprise smash,Venom.
Morbiusis reportedly set to starJared Letoas the living vampire created by penciler Gil Kane and writer Roy Thomas in 1971. Earlier this year, producersAvi AradandMatt Tolmachtold Colliderthe tentative plan forMorbius—which has a script written byBurk SharplessandMatt Sazama—was to begin film early next year, “more or less February”, making the July 10 release date completely doable.
As forVenom, a sequel is a no-brainer. The film—which starred a downright crazedTom Hardyas Eddie Brock and the voice of his alien symbiote bro named Venom—exploded past expectations at the box office, gobbling up the highest October debut of all time with $80 million. Since then, Ruben Fleischer’s film has slid past the $800 million mark worldwide, surpassingJustice League,Deadpool, and everyX-Menmovie. Much more importantly, the character has joined Pennywise fromItand Thanos fromInfinity Waras the latest character a certain swath of the internet wants to have weird sex with. Victories come in all sizes.
What do you think? Are we definitely looking at dates forMorbiusandVenom, or is Sony going to drop, like,Vanessa Kirbyas Silver Sable out of nowhere? And do you even want aMorbiusmovie and aVenomsequel? Sound off in the comments below.
