Jared Leto Teases Spider-Man Spin-off Morbius With First Set Photo

Jared Leto took to Twitter with the initial on-set photo from his upcoming Spider-Man spin-off Morbius, and it's only a little taste of what's to come.


The sneak peek is definitely not much any time it comes to satisfying our insatiable bloodlust for learning more about Leto's role and the movie itself, although it's still a mouth watering little morsel.


In the snapshot, Leto is pictured looking particularly lifeless in back of a clapboard, presumably about to shoot some scenes for the film with a couple of weeks of shooting left.


"1 week down... 11 to go..." The actor captioned the tweet. "Get ready.


Leto is set to play the titular vampire in the upcoming flick, who's not your normal bloodsucker. Dr. Michael Morbius was actually a respected biochemist in his field who suffered from a rare blood infection. Desperate to find a cure for his malady, he ended up running experiments on himself involved with vampire bat DNA. Alternatively opposed to curing his infection, he ended up transforming himself into some sort of "living vampire."


There wasn't any group kind of bad actor that bit Morbius or wished to prepare him piece of the undead — he simply started suffering from the same indications a usual vampire might, with a unquenchable thirst for human blood that forces him to live segregated from the rest of humanity. He also has superhuman strength and speed, a limited ability to fly, and also a healing factor that ensures bullets and other potentially fatal wounds hardly faze him. Unfortunately, he much also avoid sunlight, like his other vampire brethren, lest he risk burning up. As far as garlic, holy water, crosses, or the other ailments that plague his kind, he generally seems to be exempt.


Nevertheless this curse doesn't immediately transform him into some categorize kind of villain, as you may think. Alternatively, he uses his knowledge and newly-acquired vampiric abilities as a force of good, working alongside Spider-Man and other heroes in the Marvel universe from time to time. That's why Morbius is imagined a Spider-Man spinoff in the opening place.


Other than the source material, we know very little about the new movie, which is set to be the second film in Sony's Marvel Universe, running alongside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Morbius has however to appear in a Spider-Man movie just but, with Leto giving him his inaugural film appearance.


Daniel Espinosa is set to direct, with the 11th Doctor himself Matt Smith set to join the film in a unknown role. Jared Harris has been cast as Morbius's "mentor," though there aren't any details on which character from the Morbius continuity this could be. True Detective's Adria Arjona will be playing Martine Bancroft, the vampire's love interest, and Tyrese Gibson has reportedly signed on to along with a FBI agent.


Leto could have more time on his hands lately give attention to Morbius also, if it is indeed true that his standalone Joker flick was reportedly put on hold by Warner Bros. With the new James Gunn-directed Suicide Squad movie being marketed as more of a "relaunch" than a sequel, with a potential new set of villains, the Joker's role may very well be also diminished to prepare sense for a spinoff movie to coexist alongside it. That, and it also looks like Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn has kicked the Clown Prince of Crime to the curb in the upcoming Birds of Prey (And the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).


Hopefully there really are plenty more sneak peeks to come. We're really wondering if Leto is going to rock the vampire bat look like Morbius does in his comic appearances.