Morbius Retreats to the Shadows of April Due to Omicron Concerns

The dwelling vampire would really like the dwelling folks to remain as alive and wholesome as doable to see his solo film debut, so that you’ll have to attend a bit longer.

Sony Pictures has announced that it’s going to delay the discharge of Daniel Espinosa’s Morbius as soon as once more, this time transferring from its January 28 launch date to—no fooling—April 1. Okay, possibly some fooling, as that is actually the seventh launch date the poor Jared-Leto-starring Marvel film has had because it was initially meant to return out in the summertime of 2020.

Sony is citing considerations concerning the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, specifically the surge of instances of the Omicron variant of the virus within the US, as the rationale for the delay. Although a number of in-person occasions—together with the premiere celebration of The Book of Boba Fett—have cited Omicron as a cause for postponement, Morbius is maybe the biggest theatrical launch delay we’ve seen up to now to pin its reasoning on considerations concerning the variant. And that’s on prime of all the opposite schedule reshuffling we’ve seen prior to now few months as a consequence of previous delays (and different covid variants, like Delta. Remember Delta? Oh, we have been in such harmless occasions six months in the past).

While Sony would’ve seemingly liked a post-No Way Home glow to assist raise up the prospects of its newest Spider-Man-adjacent movie (a part of the interconnected multiverse of Marvel characters the studio has within the universe previously generally known as SPUMC) it’s not just like the studio is strictly hurting for one more rapid field workplace success proper now. No Way Home—which, hilariously, entered manufacturing and launched within the time Morbius has had its seven launch dates—and its pandemic-defying, billion-dollar success has afforded the studio the chance to carry off Morbius’ launch a number of extra months, even when it means the film doubtlessly shedding any potential knock-on results from popping out near a somewhat-connected mission. Morbius, in fact, is about in the identical parallel universe as Venom, and but additionally someway options Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Michael Keaton because the Vulture in some capability.

Why and the way? Well, now we’ll discover out originally of April. Or, maybe like Morbius itself at this level, we’ll be made fools of as soon as extra if it will get one other delay.

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