Morbius , the Living Vampire, the Spider-Man spin-off starring Jared Leto as the titular character, is set to begin filming in early 2019.

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In an interview with Collider , producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach (who also produced Venom ) gave some new details about the upcoming film, which is currently in pre-production. The duo confirmed that filming is set to begin “more or less” in February, though a general window of the “early part of next year” was later mentioned.The two also discussed a possible R rating for the film, with Tolmach saying "I don’t think there’s a rule written somewhere in stone that all of them have to be one thing... we have all seen, as you’ve said, the R-rated versions of these [superhero] movies now working. So, that’s out there. You can succeed to a staggering degree.”Arad soon chimed in, discussing Venom and Carnage. "When you hear, Carnage, the only thing you can think of is R. But, if you know his story, if you really know the comic, there’s no R here,” said Arad. "He’s a tortured soul. It’s not about what he does, because we never have to show the knife going from here to there, and the blood is pouring. What you have to show is, what is the motivation? Was he born like that, or it’s someone we should feel for, because if you are succeeding to make a villain someone you can feel for, jackpot."The interview revealed that Morbius is definitely the next Spider-Man spin-off following the recently released ( and so far highly successful ) Venom. Arad confirmed that Leto is very much still set to star, saying "This is the great thing for us now, that an actor like [Leto] and an actor like Tom [Hardy] wanted to have their own character. But the character they love."For more on Morbius, check out our explanation of the complex, conflicted character, and read about Leto confirming that he had been cast as Morbius on Twitter earlier this year. Other upcoming Spider-Man spin-off films include individual Black Cat and Silver Sable movies Kraven the Hunter and Silk

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