Jared Leto set to star in Spider-Man spin off Morbius
Daily MailHe played iconic character The Joker in the DC Comics film Suicide Squad. And now Jared Leto is set to portray another comic book character in Morbius, a Spider-Man spinoff movie being made by Sony with Safe House director Daniel Espinosa, according to Deadline. No stretch: Jared Leto is set to portray another comic book character in Morbius, a Spider-Man spinoff movie being made by Sony with Safe House director Daniel Espinosa according to Deadline According to the trade publication, Leto 'will play Dr. Michael Morbius, a biochemist who in an attempt to cure a fatal blood disease injects himself with a treatment serum derived from bats.' Antihero: Leto 'will play Dr. Michael Morbius, a biochemist who in an attempt to cure a fatal blood disease injects himself with a treatment serum derived from bats' But it doesn't mean the Academy Award winner is vacating The Joker role just yet. Earlier this month, Warner Bros gave the green light to a standalone Joker movie, expanding on Leto interpretation's of him, Variety reported.
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