Morbius Director Says He Was Inspired By Pokemon And My Little Pony

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Marvel's Morbius arrives in cinemas later this week and promises to offer up something pretty different from what superhero fans have become accustomed to. If you're familiar with the Morbius story, or you've seen the trailers, then you'll know it's quite a bit darker than Sony's Spider-Man movies. Dr. Michael Morbius turns himself into a super-powered vampire while trying to cure a blood disease. You know, standard stuff.

Morbius director Daniel Espinosa discussed the inspirations behind what we'll see in Morbius with GamesRadar. Some of the places he pulled ideas from might well surprise you. Morbius has the ability to see vibrations, allowing him to feel what is going on around him. Espinosa got a feel for that during a visit to the Tate Museum. An exhibit let you feel what it might be like if you were a tree, and Espinosa likened it to the way Morbius must feel when sensing things around him.

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Conveying that feeling to those watching on the big screen is tricky though, and that's where Espinosa's unexpected inspirations come in. “When you read comic books, we have always used lines and colors to have powers feel more accentuated. I wanted also to bring the joy of color into cinema,” he explained. The director decided the best examples of that can be found in My Little Pony and Pokemon, and those are the shows that inspired some of what you'll see in Morbius.

“I have a six-year-old daughter and she loves My Little Pony, and I love how those colors work in those animation movies,” Espinosa explained. “If you look at Pokemon, how they use lights and colors to push out the strength. That was one of the inspirations for me.” Not two