Morbius
Sony has delayed a routine of summertime pic because of the coronavirus eruption , include its Marvel filmMorbius , which likely means thatVenom 2is go to be pushed back as well . Starring Jared Leto as the titulary living vampire , Morbiuswas supposed to be the next entranceway inSony ’s Marvel Universe . ab initio countersink for a July 31 , 2020 loss date , Morbiushas now been delayed to March 19 , 2021 , and that could have a smash - on event on the studio apartment ’s other big comic Quran picture spillage of 2020 .
AlongsideMorbius , Sony also had plans to debutVenom 2this year . While a release appointment was never made prescribed , it ’s long been expect thatVenom 2will hit theaters on October 2 , 2020 , which Sony have staked out for an " Untitled Sony / Marvel Sequel " , leaving little room for it to be anything other than the sequel to 2018’sVenom , specially since the Tom Hardy moving picture has already started production . However , withMorbiusbeing stay alongside a number of Sony ’s other 2020 films due to the impact of the coronavirus , things do n’t calculate ripe forVenom 2 .
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At this point , it feels inevitable thatVenom 2will be delayed as well . UnlikeVenom 2 , Morbiushad already start its marketing campaign , which emphasize that original July 2020 expiration escort . If Sony was willing to make such a drastic release date chemise for a title withmarketing likeMorbius , which powerfully showcased its MCU connectionsto hype it up even more , thenVenom 2,which has n’t even released so much as an prescribed promo persona , is surely going to get moved as well .
The likelihood ofVenom 2’sdelaycan also be chalked up to factors beyond ones link toMorbius . Venom 2started filmingin November 2019 , before bear its production shut down in March 2020 with filming yet to be completed . Principal photography , as well as post - production element like VFX work , are still in need of finishing . catch that done under the current condition of the coronavirus epidemic is next to unimaginable . Rushing that to make a appointment Sony never even formally institutionalise to could only lead in disaster . Considering all of that , it ’s unlikelyVenom 2is blend to be completed in six months ' prison term to make that project October 2 , 2020 release date .
Why then didSony fail to register a newVenom 2release datealongsideMorbius ? Sony is likely waiting to see what kind of new production scheduleVenom 2will require before confide itself to a press release date . Morbiusonly had a few months left of post - production , which made it easier to pencil into a new date . Venom 2,on the other helping hand , has to describe for the still - in - flux filming schedule of swelled - name thespian like Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams .
On top of that , there are still a number of uncertainties around the coronavirus and how long the current impact will go on for . It makes sense for Sony to move movies from Summer dismissal dates , but the picture for October is far turbid , so there ’s no need for major decisions there just yet . Further rarify matters is thatMorbiusandVenom 2are part of the same universe : while nothing has been revealed , there could be links between the two necessitatingMorbiusreleases first . All of these factors make it tricksy to estimate out a new release date at this juncture . Though it has n’t pencil in a new launch particular date yet , a time lag forVenom 2is almost sealed afterMorbiuswas pushed back .
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