Jared Leto to Star in Sony Spider-Man Title ‘Morbius,’ Daniel Espinosa to Direct

Jared Leto, who played The Joker in Suicide Squad, is looking to add another comic book character to his resume.The Oscar-winning actor has signed on to star in Morbius, Sony’s latest entry into its Marvel-based, Spider-Man-centric universe of characters.Daniel Espinosa, the Scandanavian filmmaker who helmed Safe House and last year’s sci-fi thriller Life, will direct the feature project that has a script by Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama, the duo showrunning Netflix’s Lost in Space.Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach will produce with Lucas Foster.The project is based on antihero Morbius the Living Vampire.

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