Sony’s Spider-Man Universe’s El Muerto spinoff has obtained a disappointing replace. With Spider-Man firmly set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony’s Spider-Man Universe has centered on bringing the hero’s villains to life with a twist — they’re truly anti-heroes within the SSU. Spider-Man villain El Muerto was set to be one of many subsequent Marvel Comics characters to get that remedy; nonetheless, that doesn’t appear to nonetheless be the case.

Throughout an interview with Vainness Honest, Unhealthy Bunny — who was set to play the lead position in El Muerto — and his publicist Sujeylee Solá appear to have confirmed that El Muerto has been axed, or on the very least that the actor is now not concerned with the movie. After being requested about El Muerto‘s standing, Unhealthy Bunny merely mentioned that he did not “know what to say,” with Solá being proper to the purpose, saying, “Clearly, it’s out.”

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El Muerto’s Troubled Manufacturing So Far Defined

Sony’s alternative to maneuver ahead with the El Muerto film all the time appeared complicated, because the character is as obscure as a Marvel character can get. El Muerto has appeared in a complete of two Spider-Man comics throughout his existence, with the super-powered wrestler not being on the identical degree as in style Spider-Man villains Venom and Kraven the Hunter, and even Morbius, whose roles in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe made sense. Nonetheless, the film remained in improvement for fairly a while.

Initially set for a January 2024 launch, an alert sign lit up when Unhealthy Bunny revealed in April that El Muerto had not but began filming, along with his publicist then mentioning that the Spider-Man spinoff film was “at a standstill.” That might then escalate when a few months later, in June, El Muerto‘s launch date was faraway from Sony’s launch schedule.

Now, Unhealthy Bunny and his publicist’s feedback appear to trace that El Muerto being delayed indefinitely has changed into the film getting canceled altogether. Whereas there’s some leeway within the duo’s phrases to consider that the actor may merely be out of the movie, El Muerto was all the time considered as a automobile for Unhealthy Bunny to play a Marvel character, with the actor’s background within the WWE explaining why such an obscure character was chosen to affix Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. With out Unhealthy Bunny, the super-powered wrestler would make even much less sense, which is why El Muerto getting canceled might be for the perfect.

Supply: Vainness Honest