Ever since the first trailer showed Michael Keaton, Morbius has used hints of larger crossovers to attract interest beyond its core vampire tale. And now that Spider-Man: No Way Home has broken box-office records depicting the multiverse, Sony’s leaning into it as a marketing hook. In Sony’s latest Morbius vignette, star Jared Leto hints at possible match-ups for his living vampire. But that’s not all: dialogue referring to an incident in Sam Francisco sounds like a reference to Venom.
A copy of The Daily Bugle also offers further hints where the action might take place. In the MCU, The Daily Bugle is a fringe, Infowars-type website. Here, it’s a print newspaper, as it was in the Sam Raimi films. And a closer look at that front page shows a clear reference to Black Cat, as well as a Rhino joke that’s a possible red herring.
Watch the 50-second clip below, and see what you can see:
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Combined with earlier images that show the classic Raimi Spider-Man costume on street posters, the clear suggestion is that this universe includes Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man. However, comments by Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man suggest he comes from a darker universe where his Peter lost his way. And a newfound resurgence in popularity might make him more likely to show up than the semi-retired Maguire.
Most likely, no Spidey at all will show up, and the sequel teases are simply Easter eggs. But we’ll find out starting April 1.
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