Is Morbius In The MCU? Shared Universe Connections Explained
Warning! SPOILERS for Morbius.
Sony's latest Spider-Man villain movie is out, and questions about if Morbius is in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have finally been answered. Jared Leto's solo Marvel movie is the latest entry in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, which takes some of his villains from the comics and turns them into anti-heroes. Since the studio is also working with Marvel Studios on Tom Holland-led Spider-Man movies, there have long been questions about if these movies are set in the MCU, a brand new shared universe, Andrew Garfield's The Amazing Spider-Man universe, or if Morbius and Venom exist in separate universes from each other and everything else.
When it comes to Morbius, it was expected that the film would fit in the same universe as Tom Hardy's Venom. However, Sony's marketing campaign for the Jared Leto movie created mass confusion. The Morbius trailers included references to Venom, Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man, Oscorp from The Amazing Spider-Man, and the MCU. The latter came as Spider-Man was labeled as a murderer just like after Spider-Man: Far From Home, while Michael Keaton's return as Vulture also raised major questions. Now that Morbius has been released following several delays, the answer is confirmed.
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Either to disappoint or relieve fans, Morbius is not in the MCU. The movie confirms that its events and Jared Leto's Living Vampire character do not take place in the MCU. Details scattered throughout the runtime tease this revelation, but it is really Morbius' post-credits scenes that directly confirm its existence outside of Marvel Studios' shared universe. So while Sony might want Tom Holland's Spider-Man to fight Morbius, the
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