Michael Keaton Is Playing Vulture In Morbius, And Doesn't Understand The MCU

Michael Keaton will once again don his giant metal wings as he plays Adrian Toomes, AKA The Vulture, in Morbius, which arrives on January 28, 2022. While Keaton appeared in the first trailer for Morbius, back in January 2020, the actor was confirmed to be reprising the Spider-Man villain in Sony's upcoming film in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

While he's played Marvel's Vulture and DC's Batman, Keaton says he's never been a fan of comics and doesn't think he's ever seen a comic book movie. So when it came to reprising the role as Vulture, which he first played in the MCU's Spider-Man: Homecoming, the Morbius filmmakers discussed recent Marvel plot points and explained the universe to him.

"I'm nodding like I know what the f*** they're talking about," Keaton told THR. "I go, 'Uh-huh.' And I'm thinking, 'You may as well be explaining quantum physics right now to me. All I know is I just know my guy. And I know the basics.' So finally, they were looking at me, and they just started laughing. They said, 'You don't know what we're talking about, do you?' I said, 'No, I don't, no idea what you're talking about.'"

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the release date of Morbius has shifted quite a bit. Sony has declared the movie is not part of the MCU--it's a part of its own "Sony Pictures' Universe of Marvel characters." However, with the ending of Loki and Keaton reprising his role of Vulture--which was featured in a Sony Marvel movie that took place in the MCU--anything is technically possible. It's a multiverse, and it's all very confusing.

Sony's next Marvel movie is Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which arrives in theaters on October 15. In a recent trailer, we finally got to see Carnage, which will be played by Woody Harrelson.