Sony Pictures Delays Jared Leto's 'Morbius' for the Sixth Time

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Sony Pictures has delayed the premiere date of Jared Leto's Morbius as the United States faces a surge in COVID-19 cases involving the Omicron variant.

According to reports, the film adaptation of the famed Marvel Comics story will now hit theaters on April 1, 2022 instead of its January 28 date. This marks the sixth time Morbius was pushed back; the movie was initially slated to release on July 10, 2020 but was postponed to July 31 then March 19, 2021, October 8, 2021 and January 21, 2022 before its most recent schedule of January 28.

Helming the Marvel Entertainment movie is Daniel Espinosa while Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal and Tyrese Gibson will join Leto in the cast.

Morbius is set to premiere April 1.

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