Everything We Know (So Far) About Sony’s “Venom” Movie
Everything we know about the Venom movie, and what we’re hoping for
Does it feel like it’s taken years to get Marvel’s antihero Venom his own film? Well, that’s because it has. We’ve waited more than a decade. And we’re finally getting a Venom movie in October 2018. And we can thank our lucky stars Topher Grace will be nowhere near this project. Since we’ve still got some months before the big release, information regarding the film — its premise, its effects, its treatment of a potentially R-rated character — has been slow in coming. But we’ve been paying attention. So here’s everything we know (so far) about Venom.The release date
Venom is scheduled to hit theaters on October 5th, which isn’t exactly a huge weekend for movies (its biggest competition is going to be A Star Is Born), but it isn’t trying to be your typical superhero movie, either.
Although it’s currently unrated, chances are high it’ll receive an R from the MPAA, which is just fine with its filmmakers. Venom looks to be a spin on horror — like a pop-ier John Carpenter film.
It’s been “in development” for over a decade
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Production first began in 2007 with producer Avi Arad expressing interest in bringing Venom to the big screen. For the next 10 years, the project jumped from writer to writer, with Paul Wernick (Deadpool) and Rhett Reese (Zombieland) turning in a draft at one point.
Every time the Spider-Man franchise got a reboot, though, Venom went back to the drawing board, and its most recent revival happened in 2016. Here’s hoping this one gets it right.
The premise
While we don’t have an official synopsis yet, we can tell a lot from the movie’s trailer. Like we know its main character, Eddie Brock, is an investigative journalist who appears to be doing an exposé on the Life Foundation, a nefarious organization that may or may not be conducting human experiments (because what nefarious organization wouldn’t be conducting human experiments?!) At some point, he comes across an alien Symbiote and bonds with it, creating Venom.
It’s directed by Ruben Fleischer
Best known for 2009’s Zombieland, Fleischer certainly has a specific style. Kind of flashy, full of action, and heavy on gore. Is this a good thing for Venom? If studio execs are hoping for another Deadpool, then yeah, Fleischer is the guy to bring them that film.