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What is up with Morbius?!
May 14th, 2022 at 10:27pm
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So I went to Wikipedia to see where Morbius was in the MCU:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe_films

...and it's not there!?  Whut?  Ok, ok.  So I googled "is morbius in the MCU" and got this:
https://screenrant.com/is-morbius-in-mcu-what-universe-sony-spiderman/

**SPOILER WARNING!!**
Bottom line: Morbius is not in the MCU but crosses over with all Spider-Man movies and Venom.

Is Morbius In The MCU? Shared Universe Connections Explained

By Cooper Hood
April 01, 2022

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.

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 two characters currently live in completely different universes.

Instead of Morbius being in the MCU, Sony's movie confirms that it takes place in the same universe as the Venom franchise. There are references to weird events in San Francisco, which could be a reference to either Tom Hardy movie. There is even a point when Michael Morbius scares criminals by saying, "I am Venom," which clearly positions the film to be set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, not the MCU. This makes Morbius the third entry in Sony's shared universe, and more are on the way with Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web.

Despite Morbius not taking place in the MCU, the movie does officially link the film to Marvel's shared universe through the multiverse. Morbius' post-credits scene shows a continuation of Spider-Man: No Way Home's spell ripping open the sky in this universe and confusingly transporting Michael Keaton's MCU Vulture to the Morbius and Venom universe. While audiences now attempt to wrap their heads around the implications of the scene, it provides Sony with another link to the MCU's multiverse. This could mean Sony and Marvel Studios eventually work together to have Jared Leto's Morbius take part in an MCU event, but that doesn't change the fact that Morbius is not in the MCU.
  
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