Sony Teases Jared Leto’s ‘Morbius’ With MCU Flash Thompson’s Instagram

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Sony has started teasing Jared Leto’s Morbius by using the Instagram account for Flash Thompson from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

With Jared Leto’s Morbius only a few months away from release, Sony has began teasing the film through an Instagram account they created for Flash Thompson ahead of Spider-Man: Far From Home. Sony used a fan-made front page of The Daily Bugle to tease the film, with Flash Thompson reacting to a news story reporting on vampire sightings in New York. The newspaper art also has other references to Sony’s Marvel films as well as Jared Leto’s Morbius.

The Daily Bugle art has a headline reading “A Vampire in New York? 5th Vampire sighting reported in NY” – since it was fan-made, it has to be taken with a pinch of salt, but it’s still a great way of marketing Jared Leto’s Morbius and establishing the film’s place among Sony’s other Marvel properties. The main headline asks where Spider-Man is, while another story reveals that Cletus Kasady is on the run, teasing the Venom sequel. Take a look at Sony teasing Morbius with Flash Thompson’s Instagram story below.

What do you think about Sony using an MCU character to tease Jared Leto’s Morbius? Are you excited for the film? Sound off in the comments below!

Here is the official synopsis for Jared Leto’s Morbius:

One of Marvel’s most compelling and conflicted characters comes to the big screen as Oscar winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero, Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease.

Directed Daniel Espinosa from a script written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, Morbius stars Jared Leto as the lead anti-hero, Adria Arjona, Matt Smith, Jared Harris, and Tyrese Gibson. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are producing the project with Lucas Foster while Palak Patel will oversee for Sony.

Morbius will be released in theaters on July 31, 2020.

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