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Adria Arjona in Talks to Play Female Lead Opposite Jared Leto in ‘Morbius’
Jared Leto is locked to star in Morbius, Sony’s next dark Spider-Man spinoff. Safe House director Daniel Espinosa will bring the Living Vampire to life, and Deadline reports tonight that Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim Uprising) is now in talks to play Martine, the female lead opposite Leto’s title character.
The site notes, “In the comics, Martine, who is engaged to Morbius, becomes a potential victim to his bloodlust as he grapples with the transformation that has made him a weird laboratory version of the supernatural vampires of lore.”
Michael Morbius is a scientist who, in trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. Though disgusted by his own bloodlust, he chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life.
Morbius was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane and first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #101, the first issue not written by Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee.
Josh Stolberg (the writer of Piranha 3D, Sorority Row, and Saw X) is directing horror movie Red Wedding, and Deadline reports that Lauren LaVera (Terrifier 2 & 3) will star.
Lauren LaVera will star alongside Rory Culkin (Scream 4) in Red Wedding.
“The film follows a teenager and her stepmother who are kidnapped and taken to a remote location as part of a ransom plot, soon discovering their captors are the least of their worries when a deadly bride and groom arrive and begin picking them off one by one.”
The Gulfstream Pictures film has entered production in Alabama, Deadline notes.
Josh Stolberg directs and wrote the screenplay with Pete Goldfinger.
“Red Wedding is exactly the kind of bold, high-concept genre film we love to champion — smart, unpredictable, and unapologetically intense,” said Gulfstream Pictures. “Following our long relationship with Josh Stolberg as a writer, we’re excited to now work with him as a director. Along with the incredible pairing of Lauren LaVera and Rory Culkin, we’re thrilled to bring a fresh, elevated take on horror to audiences. It’s a wild ride with real character stakes.”
Lauren LaVera will also be starring in the upcoming survival thriller Man or Bear, and she’s expected to reprise the role of Sienna Shaw one more time in Damien Leone’s Terrifier 4.
Stay tuned for more on Red Wedding and all things Lauren LaVera.
Rory Culkin in ‘Scream 4’
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