January 2024 was supposed to have been the release date for the Sony Marvel movie El Muerto, and there were several problems that it could have solved before it got canceled. After being announced in April 2022, El Muerto was initially planned to star Puerto Rican musician and actor Bad Bunny and depict the story of the Mexican luchador granted powers by his mask. Since then, the movie has been pulled from Sony's production schedule, and Bad Bunny has all but confirmed that the movie is no longer in production. Instead, Madame Web is the next movie in the shared cinematic universe set to release on February 14. 1s115y

A Spider-Man movie titled El Muerto was supposed to be released in the second week of January 2024; here is everything to know about the film including its period of development hell. El Muerto was initially set to be the first Marvel movie releasing in 2024 as part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe. Following on from the likes of Venom, Morbius, and 2024's Madame Web and Kraven the Hunter, El Muerto was set to be another Spider-Man-adjacent movie centering on one of the Web-Slinger's less-iconic Marvel Comics side characters.

With Sony announcing that El Muerto will be part of the Sony Spider-Man Universe (SSU), details about its release date and cast have been revealed. The SSU started in 2018 with the blockbuster hit Venom, which was a phenomenal success despite many criticisms and made $856 million worldwide (via Box Office Mojo). Although Sony released Venom: Let the Be Carnage and Morbius shortly after - and they received lukewarm receptions in comparison - the studio is clearly committed to building a cinematic universe of Spider-Man villains, especially since there's a large list of superhero movies currently in development, including some unique SSU villain solo films.

The updated origin of Kraven the Hunter's titular anti-hero teases a new connection with other Spider-Man villains, but future Sony projects already contradict it. After Venom and Morbius' introduction in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, it's Kraven's turn to star in his own live-action movie. But while Aaron Taylor-Johnson's take on Kraven seems mostly faithful to the source material, there's one big change Sony has made to the character.

The most obscure character in Sony's Spider-Man Universe is getting his film delayed as El Muerto has lost its release date. In 2022, Sony Pictures revealed to the world that they were fleshing out their Spider-Man-inspired franchise with perhaps one of the more confusing characters in the web-slinger's lore, in the form of El Muerto. Starring Bad Bunny, the film will focus on the super-powered wrestler who fought Spider-Man in a wrestling charity event and was given a January 2024 release date.

Sony's Spider-Man Universe film El Muerto, which stars Bad Bunny in the title role, finally gets a production update. Sony's Spider-Man Universe will soon expand with the releases of Kraven the Hunter, El Muerto, and Madame Web. While the other two SSU films have several details revealed, be it plot points, set photos, or casting updates, almost nothing has been revealed about El Muerto's cast or story. However, a new update on the movie has finally emerged.

One of Sony's Spider-Man spin-off movies for 2024, El Muerto, gets a disappointing update. In April 2022, a surprising Spider-Man spin-off film was revealed to be in the works. Based on an incredibly obscure Spider-Man character, Bad Bunny was cast as the lead in El Muerto. The character has only appeared in two issues of Marvel Comics but is now headed for the big screen.

While Spider-Man: No Way Home concluded Tom Holland’s Homecoming trilogy, there are several Spider-Man movies in 2023, 2024, and beyond. Sony has long been planning spinoff feature films of Spider-Man universe characters, though only a few have come to fruition. While solo or team-up films surrounding characters like Black Cat and Silver Sable, Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio villain, or even Aunt May have long been rumored Sony projects, Sony has a healthy slate of confirmed Spider-Man movies on its schedule after 2021’s No Way Home — including the followup to smash-hit Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Desierto director Jonás Cuarón will helm Sony's Spider-Man spinoff film, El Muerto, starring Bad Bunny. Despite the financial and commercial struggle that Morbius faced, Sony's Spider-Man Universe is going forward, continuing to reimagine more villains from Peter Parker's rogue's gallery as anti-heroes. Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock, who began Sony's Marvel-themed universe, will complete his trilogy with the currently in-development Venom 3. The studio also has Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web coming up, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Dakota Johnson starring as the respective titular characters.