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Summary

• El Muerto movie may have been canceled, as the lead actor, Bad Bunny, indicated uncertainty about what to say regarding its status, and the film was removed from Sony's release slate.
• Sony initially confirmed El Muerto in April 2022 with a release date of January 12, 2024, and Bad Bunny was instrumental in getting the movie greenlit.
• Although there is no trailer for El Muerto and recent updates suggest it may never be released, there is still a chance it could come to fruition in the future.

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 upcoming superhero movies currently in development, including some unique SSU villain solo films.
While Juan-Carlos Sanchez, a.k.a. El Muerto, is one of the most obscure villains, he has a fascinating story. The character is a wrestler and the son of a luchador, who inherits superpowers after wearing his family's ancestral mask. However, unlike Morbius and Venom, El Muerto was something of a partner to the web-slinger, even if the two only spent a brief amount of time together. It was the self-proclaimed "wrestling god" El Dorado who was enemies with El Muerto, and the movie adaptation of Estrada's story has huge potential – though recent updates suggest that, at best, it will be a long time before the story comes to the big screen.