It’s Morbin time! Morbius by Jared Leto returns to the cinema

At the beginning of April, Morbiothe third entry in Sony’s Spider-Man universe, premiered on the big screen, but unlike the previous one Poison film, failed to make a big box office success. In addition to receiving mostly negative critical reception, the vampire movie alone directed by Jared Leto grossed approximately $ 163.3 million worldwide. However, now Morbio gets a little more time to increase that number when it returns to national theaters.

For those of you living in the US, this weekend will be Morbin time! Exhibitor relations company Report it Morbio come back from tomorrow, June 3rd, Morbio will return to over 1,000 theaters. It’s unclear if this revived theatrical ride will only last the weekend or might extend beyond, but if you’ve missed the chance to see Morbio on the big screen in April, you can rectify it now. Right now, MorbioThe national total is $ 73.3 million, so it will be interesting to see how much more money is added.

Why Morbio returns to theaters, it has not been officially revealed, but a little over two weeks have passed since the film was made available on digital platforms. From, Morbio spawned numerous memes, many of which incorporate the aforementioned phrase “It’s Morbin Time” (which wasn’t actually in the movie). Among these chatter on social media and Morbio attract attention online in other ways, such as when it has been streamed in its entirety on Twitch, cartoon.es speculates that this theatrical re-release may seek to take advantage of the film’s Internet fame.

How Poison made in 2018, Morbio took an antagonist traditionally associated with Spider-Man and created an origin story for him that didn’t involve the Wall-Crawler (this Spider-man mural didn’t even make the final cut). Like his comic book counterpart, Jared Leto’s Dr. Michael Morbius attempted to design a cure for his rare vampire bat-related blood disease. While the cure was working, Morbius was later transformed into a vampire, granting him abilities such as super strength, super speed, and echolocation, but also letting him drain the blood of living creatures.

Jared Leto co-stars in Morbio include Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal and Tyrese Gibson. Michael Keaton also repeated his spiderman: homecoming the role of Adrian Toomes / The Vulture, but I won’t spoil the way it fits into the narrative; you can read ours Morbio breakdown of the scene in the middle of the credits for that information. Behind the scenes, Daniel Espinosa directed the film (and is optimistic about the future of Sony’s Spider-Man universe), and Matt Salaam and Burn Sharpless wrote the script.

If you are not interested in seeing Morbio In theaters, and still available for digital purchase, the film arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD on June 14. Like other Sony movies released between 2022 and 2026, Morbio It will eventually also arrive on Netflix, as well as Disney + and / or Hulu at a later date through a streaming deal between Sony and Disney.