Now Wait Just a Goddamned Minute, Spider-Man

Peter Parker might need gotten the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse all settled by the tip of Spider-Man: No Way Home, nevertheless it doesn’t appear Sony has managed to do the identical. The finish of the brand new Spidey film has left the upcoming Morbius movie with an especially complicated—if not outright unattainable—plothole to fill.

Let’s check out the info, we could?

October 5, 2018 — Venom debuts, and with it Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (then awkwardly referred to as Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters). There isn’t any indication that the film takes place within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

June 26, 2019 — Spider-Man: Far From Home premieres. J. Jonah Jameson reveals the hero’s true identification and accuses him of murdering Mysterio on the finish of the movie, and Peter Parker is branded a prison.

January 13, 2020 — The first teaser trailer for Sony’s Morbius arrives. Michael Morbius is proven operating down an alley which has a big image of Spider-Man on it, with “MURDERER” graffitied over it, indicating that Morbius takes place within the MCU. (Confusingly and hilariously, the image is of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man go well with as utilized in Sony’s 2018 online game.)

October 1, 2021 — The post-credits scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage options Eddie Brock/Venom getting transported into the MCU the place J. Jonah Jameson is reporting on the menace of Spider-Man. Venom calls Peter Parker “that guy,” as if the symbiote is aware of or feels related to him.

November 2, 2021 — The first official trailer for Morbius arrives, during which an unknown character performed by Michael Keaton—who starred in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming film because the villain the Vulture—tells Morbius, “You and I should stay in touch!” This implies that Morbius takes place within the MCU, which is smart as the 2 characters are each a part of Spider-Man’s rogues gallery… besides a police detective, whereas a scene of carnage presumably brought on by Morbius, says “We haven’t had anything this good since that thing in San Francisco,” presumably referring to the occasions of Venom and its sequel, which occur there. This is smart if the MCU and Sony’s Spider-Man Universe have merged, as we all know occurs in No Way Home. Except…

December 17, 2021 — No Way Home premieres, and Spider-Man efficiently repairs the multiverse. Eddie Brock/Venom is transported again to Sony’s Spider-Man Universe in one of many movie’s post-credits scenes, leaving solely a drop of the alien symbiote behind.

Do you see the problem right here? Morbius seemingly takes place in each the MCU and Sony’s Spider-Verse on the identical time, however that’s unattainable after the occasions of No Way Home. Between Keaton and the Spider-Man alley artwork, it makes rather more sense for Morbius to be set within the MCU and assume these cops are speaking about one thing solely completely different than Venom. But Morbius may be very a lot a Sony film, and touted as being a part of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, which suggests Keaton is both a brand new character or enjoying the SSU’s incarnation of the Vulture as properly. It additionally signifies that Spider-Man undoubtedly exists someplace within the SSU, and was additionally branded a assassin for some cause.

The third clarification is that somebody engaged on Morbius fucked up, and is likely to be photoshopping Spider-Man out of that alley as you learn this. We’ll see when Morbius premieres on January 28, 2022.

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