Marvel Studios has been keeping things a little safe for a long time. Audiences may have started to grow weary of star-spangled superheroes and hammer-wielding immortals. Therefore, one must applaud the creators of 2022's Morbius for really sticking their necks out (pardon the pun). However, despite having the benefit of being yet another installment in the overwhelmingly praised Spider-Verse offshoot of the larger Marvel filmography, Morbius just didn't have the teeth to match its predecessors.
Nevertheless, vampires are hot, and though the exploits of Dr. Michael Morbius failed to impress every Marvel film fan, one could easily understand how Hollywood exects might live in fear of the eccentric character actor behind this controversial vampire, Jared Leto (Requiem For a Dream, Suicide Squad, Blade Runner 2049), and his notorious method of acting infamous in its intensity. Additionally, any Marvel project involves monetary investment beyond what we mere mortals can understand. The combined strain of financial failure and method actor malice might necessitate the return of Morbius, reviews be damned, pardon the pun.
Here are a few ways Marvel could capitalize on the controversial character and turn an unimpressive first turn in the vampire series into a potentially crowd-pleasing creature feature.
A Witch's Love Spell
If you're a fan of the Scarlet Witch, you might want to look away from this next part. Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have long enjoyed the exploits of Elizabeth Olsen's (WandaVision, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) Wanda Maximoff. From her humble beginnings alongside her brother, one interation of the speedster Quicksilver, in Avengers: Age of Ultron, to her heartbreaking trist with the unjustly slain Vision in the reality and genre bending WandaVision, we've pumped our fists and wiped our tears to the ups and downs of this friendly (and sometimes, admittedly, unfriendly) neighborhood witch lady.
At the moment, Wanda Maximoff, formerly a useful component in the Avengers initiative, isn't the most popular with governments and good guys alike. Rendered emotionally unresponsive following the death of her beloved Vision, the Scarlet Witch took over a town, and the rest can be told for the reasonable cost of a Disney Plus subscription.
Alone and on the lam, and though it may pain any long time fan of the well-meaning witch, might Wanda seek solace in the arms of another of Marvel's mythical monsters, Dr. Michael Morbius? After all, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has seen more unexpected romantic pairings than a witch and a vampire. Of course, the two don't seem to be the most compatible. If Micheal Morbius and Wanda Maximoff attended a party together, their styles would almost certainly clash. They'd subsequently be run out of the party at the behest of a torch and pitchfork-wielding mob.
However, Marvel properties have always had a more humorous tone, and a fling between Jared Leto's emo vampire villain and Elizabeth Olsen's powerful antihero sorceress carries with it the potential for truly bewitching television.
Flying Foes 
Michael Keaton (Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, Spider-Man: Homecoming) is arguably the best villain in the most recent Spider-Man film trilogy: Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home. That's saying something, to be sure. He's competing against a truly staggering cadre of world-class actors for this distinction, including Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko, Prisoners) in his turn as the mysterious (obviously) Mysterio. A veritable whose who of former Spidey supervillains in the multiversal 2021 hit Spider-Man: No Way Home: Willem Dafoe (Aquaman, Murder on the Orient Express) as the Green Goblin, for example, and Alfred Molina (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Spider-Man 2) as Otto Octavius.
In a post-credits Morbius cameo, Keaton returns as the villainous vulture, evidently another victim of Tom Holland's (Captain America: Civil War, Uncharted) Peter Parker of Spider-Man: No Way Home, that sent Marvel villains spiraling through the Spider-Verse. The Vulture meets Jared Leto's Dr. Michael Morbius and proposes an alliance. Any long-time Marvel fan is familiar with the importance of the post-credit scene.
Following a spell that wiped every memory but that of his masked identity as the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, Peter Parker is going to be in a dark place. A battle with Michael Keaton's snarling scavenger and Leto's bonkers bat might be what he needs, or, as an interesting alternative, Holland's newly isolated Spider-Man team up with the multifaceted Vulture and Morbius to form an unholy trilogy?
Maybe it's our fault, at the end of the day. Everyone used to love vampires. Has the Twilight finally faded? No. We must reject the death of our undead brethren. Morbius might not have hit all expectations, but if we choose to embrace the darkness, a whole new world of macabre mwah-ha-has is waiting around the darkened corner.