At the start of 2020, the plan was for Morbius, which is part of the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters, to be released on July 10, 2020, though that date quickly changed to July 31 a few weeks later. By the time the COVID-19 pandemic started getting out of hand in late March 2020, Sony decided to shift Morbius to March 19, 2021. Now the trades have confirmed that Morbius has been moved to October 8, 2021.