Sony's Morbius Movie Moves From A March To October 2021 Release

18 hours ago, mako said:

Hard to determine with the movie business in the state it's is, but usually a move like this means a studio is loosing faith in a project.

Not sure about you, but this entire "project" seemed to be grasping as straws from the get go. I think just after constant repetition and hype, a movie based on Michael Morbius as the main protagonist doesn't sound quite as ludicrous as it actually is. I'm not rooting for this movie to fail, I just have serious doubts about Sony's "if it worked for Venom, it can work for anyone" game plan. Even though Venom looked cool and Tom Hard was good and there was no sign of Topher Grace and it was the best portrayal of Venom to date, it's not a particularly good movie, and especially by modern MCU standards. Stuff like this can only help to lower the bar.

In the perspective of an entire nightmare of a year, what's another week?

Maybe they just want to put some more distance between Morbius and Spiderman: No Way Home. A week is such an insignificant span of time.

Hard to determine with the movie business in the state it's is, but usually a move like this means a studio is loosing faith in a project.

On 1/23/2021 at 7:34 PM, mako said:

Is it REALLY due to "Covid Concerns," or has Leto been sending out presents again?

Exactly. Im actually surprised its even gotten this far given all the allegations around him. 

Maybe the studios are afraid of unrests and protests on Bidens 1st anniversary in office. There are currently no planned release of any movies on that date.

According to IGN, Sony has delayed the upcoming Jared Leto Morbius movie a week. The movie which was going to come out January 21, 2022 is now coming out in theaters on January 28, 2022.

1 hour ago, Atlantis said:

If I were them I wouldnt put out any more announcements with hard dates....or maybe post a date that is a year later than the date they really want. That way its a nice "early " surprise for fans.

Seems like a sound strategy. Once they've made a final determination of when they're gonna be releasing the movie, they can add a date and start airing tv spots. In the meantime, they can still promote the film. Put out a short trailer every so often just to remind people it's still happening.

If I were them I wouldnt put out any more announcements with hard dates....or maybe post a date that is a year later than the date they really want. That way its a nice "early " surprise for fans.

Is it REALLY due to "Covid Concerns," or has Leto been sending out presents again?