By Huw Fullerton

Published: Thursday, 31 March 2022 at 12:00 am


New Sony/Marvel movie Morbius gives a new origin story to Spider-Man villain Morbius: The Living Vampire, who must face a former friend and his own bloodlust when he develops unusual, brutal gifts.

But frankly, all anyone is talking about from this film isn’t Jared Leto’s performance or whether Matt Smith will return – they’re just fascinated by the slightly unusual post-credits scenes that close the film, hinting at a future team-up that might just involve Spider-Man and some other familiar characters.

Check out our breakdown of what happens and what it means below, but beware – we’re dealing firmly in spoiler territory.

**Spoiler warning for Morbius**

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Michael Keaton as Vulture/Adrian Toomes in the Morbius trailer
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Quick summary of the Morbius ending – after fighting and killing his friend Milo/Lucien (Matt Smith) Morbius flies away with a lot of bats, while his love interest Martine (Adria Arjona) is revealed to have survived her apparent death and become a sort-of-vampire herself. It’s unclear what Morbius plans to do next until outside events apparently decide for him.

After the main action of the movie ends, the sky over New York City tears open, with an effect familiar to anyone who’s seen Spider-Man: No Way Home. Basically, something multiverse-y is clearly happening, as the last time, we saw this sky-tear was when the walls between universes were about to collapse in the 2021 Spidey film.

As this happens, we see the familiar figure of Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes/Vulture, the villain of Spider-Man: Homecoming, appear inside the prison. The yellow glow around him is similar to the one we saw affect Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock, Willem Dafoe’s Norman Osborn and many others in Spider-Man: No Way Home when they eventually returned home to their own universes, confirming he’s been similarly transported from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the Sony Universe (or whatever it’s called at the moment).

Attention, #SpiderMan fans! We have a special Friday treat. @MorbiusMovie director Daniel Espinosa agreed to answer every juicy questions you have about Spider-Man, Venom, Vulture and all the #Marvel Easter Eggs in the upcoming movie. Are you ready? ***SPOILERS*** in the thread. pic.twitter.com/JmQgM9onVS

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