Morbius: Fans Excited Over Leaked Image of Transformed Jared Leto

A photo leaked Saturday from Sony's upcoming Spider-Man rogues' gallery film Morbius, starring Jared Leto. But unlike the set photo Leto himself posted from last March, this glimpse showed us the actor fully done up as Marvel Comics' Living Vampire - and fan reaction seems to be leaning solidly toward the positive. Some fan responses have been bowled over by the "killer" picture, which has sold them on a movie that they weren't even all that excited about up until this point. Other are cautiously optimistic, commenting that while the image looks good and comic-accurate, we should all wait for the trailer to see how the character looks while moving. Check out the leaked image below in a sampling of some of the responses from fans around the web:

The movie might be great or trash... but at the very least @SonyPictures seems to have nailed a great look for #Morbius pic.twitter.com/fxmoCDVqox

— John Campea (@johncampea) January 11, 2020

Morbius @SonyPictures leaked photo looks killer. Hope it’s a dark movie, awesome if he cross paths and teams up with Venom in the future like in the comics. @VenomMovie #Venom #Morbius pic.twitter.com/ItIMFm6bi4

— Chad Larsson (@ChadLarsson) January 11, 2020

Can’t wait for #Morbius this year, looks brilliant pic.twitter.com/wMPNWlou46

— Edward Littleford (@edlittleford1) January 11, 2020

Morbius looks great & now I'm even more hyped then before pic.twitter.com/BxrEaGRPgw

— Alkhan1 (@Alkhan111) January 11, 2020

I forgot #Morbius had been shot.

I really like this brief look at him, in a way that pays homage to a classic panel from the comic. pic.twitter.com/8fj2Q0Jthw — TGR⚡️ (@TerrelleGraham) January 11, 2020

Yooo I might give #Morbius a chance pic.twitter.com/TUVPs7779x

— NoGloO (@OnlyOneOmmiel) January 11, 2020

And of course, there are already fans chomping at the bit for a Venom and Morbius face-off:

Let them fight! #Venom2 #Morbius pic.twitter.com/LGCPr75uxS

— Christian Mason (@CReelProduction) January 11, 2020

Based on the comic book character of the same name, Morbius -- starring Leto, Adria Arjona, and Matt Smith -- follows Dr. Michael Morbius, a respected biochemist suffering from a rare and fatal blood disease. Desperate for a cure, Morbius performs dangerous experiments on himself using vampire bat DNA and inadvertently transforms into a "living vampire." Sony is releasing the movie on July 31, 2020 in the US and UK, and on July 30 in Australia. Later this year, the studio will release its second Marvel Comics movie, Venom 2, on October 2, 2020. For more movie news, director Scott Derrickson has dropped out of Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, Sony may have found a new director for its Uncharted movie, and Nicholas Hoult has joined the next two Mission: Impossible films. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/04/16/morbius-jared-letos-marvel-movie-explained"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.