Spider-Man: HomecomingstarMichael Keatonhas further teased the return of his winged Marvel villain, Adrian Toomes AKA The Vulture. Due to reprise the role of The Vulture in Sony’s upcoming Venom-Verse outing,Morbius, Keaton has taken tosocial mediato share an image that suggests he’s back at work, alongside the caption “Little A Toomes work today.”
While it is likely that Michael Keaton is completing some additional work needed for the eventual release ofMorbius, which is due to finally hit screens at the beginning of April, this update from the actor will no doubt haveMarvelfans wondering where else The Vulture could appear.
Michael Keaton’s supervillain, Adrian Toomes, will first reappear inMorbius. The third installment in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe,Morbiusis directed by Daniel Espinosa and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, and stars Jared Leto as Michael Morbius alongside Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, and Tyrese Gibson. The movie will introduce audiences to Morbius, the Living Vampire, who begins this tragic comic book tale as biochemist Michael Morbius, who attempts to cure himself of a rare blood disease. But when his experiment goes wrong, he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.
Morbiuswill have connections to all manner of multiversal madness,with Michael Keaton’s return as the MCU’s Adrian Toomesseemingly tethering the Sony outing with the hugely successful Marvel franchise. Though it is currently unknown whether this version of Michael Keaton’s Toomes will be the same version introduced inSpider-Man: Homecoming, or a variant, it hardly matters much, as simply having Keaton back is more than enough for now.
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Michael Keaton Will Also Return as Batman in DC’s Multiverse of Madness, The Flash
Not content with simply entering the Marvel and Sony multiverse, Michael Keaton is also due to don the cape and cowl all these decades later,reprising the role of Batmanin bothThe FlashandBatgirl. DC outingThe Flashfinds Barry Allen traveling back in time to prevent his mother’s murder, which brings unintended consequences to his timeline and sees him enter an alternate universe in which Michael Keaton will play an aged Bruce Wayne/Batman.
Despite being heavily involved in all the multiverses, Michael Keaton does not really know what is going on. “I’m nodding like I know what the f— they’re talking about,” Keaton previously explained when discussing his roles in both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Sony’s shared universe. “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.'”
Morbiusis scheduled to be released in the United States on June 15, 2025, following a series of delays.The Flashmeanwhile is due for release on July 08, 2025.
