Venom is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is intended to be the first film in Sony's Marvel Universe, adjunct to but separate from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).[a] The film is directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner, Kelly Marcel, and Will Beall, and stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom, alongside Michelle Williams, and Riz Ahmed.
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Development of a Venom film, a spin-off from the Spider-Man film franchise, first began with producer Avi Arad in 2007. After various iterations, work on a new version began in March 2017 to start a new shared universe featuring the Marvel characters to which Sony possessed the film rights, though Sony also intends for the film to share the world of Spider-Man: Homecoming, which is set in the MCU after a deal between Sony and Marvel Studios. Rosenberg and Pinkner were set to write, with Fleischer and Hardy added in May 2017. Principal photography began in October 2017, taking place in Atlanta, New York City, and San Francisco.
Venom is set to be released in the United States on October 5, 2018
Cast
Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom:
An investigative journalist and the host of an alien symbiote that gives him "incredible powers".[4][5] Director Ruben Fleischer took inspiration for the character's portrayal from a quote in the comics: "You're Eddie Brock. I'm the symbiote. Together we are Venom."[6] Hardy also did performance capture for the role.[7]
Michelle Williams as Ann Weying[8][9]
Riz Ahmed as Carlton Drake: A scientist experimenting on the symbiote.[5]
Jenny Slate, Woody Harrelson, Scott Haze, Reid Scott, Sope Aluko, and Scott Deckert have also been cast in undisclosed roles
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Production
Development
The Marvel Comics character Eddie Brock, a notable antagonist of Spider-Man, was first introduced in movies in the 2007 film Spider-Man 3, with Topher Grace in the role.[15] The character initially played a minor role that did not explore his alter-ego Venom,[16] but this was eventually changed to a major villain role for the latter because producer Avi Arad felt the series had relied too much on director Sam Raimi's personal favorite Spider-Man villains and not characters that modern fans were more interested in.[17] Raimi had been hesitant to explore the character due to his "lack of humanity".[15] Arad revealed plans for a spin-off film focused on Venom in July 2007.[18]
By July 2008, Sony Pictures was actively developing Venom alongside direct sequels to Spider-Man 3, hoping the character could "add longevity" to the franchise in a similar fashion to Wolverine in 20th Century Fox's X-Men films. Jacob Estes had written a script for the film, but the studio was considering taking it in a different direction from that draft and was seeking new writers. Sony was also "not yet convinced" that Grace could "carry" the film.[19] That September, Sony hired Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese to write a new script, while industry insiders suggested that Grace should return for the spin-off "because the likeable actor could be a sympathetic evildoer", in response to Venom co-creator Todd McFarlane suggesting that a Venom film could not do well with a villain as the central character.[20][21] Wernick and Reese had pitched an original story idea for the film to Sony, which Reese described as "realistic, grounded, a little more dark take on the character".[22] The pair then worked on an outline with Sony and Marvel, who "had specific rules about the villain and the backstory and stuff like that". They had completed a draft by April 2009,[23] which included a role written specifically for Stan Lee,[24] and featured a sequence where the Venom symbiote jumps "from body to body [through a city], and each person that it inhabits ends up becoming really violent and striking someone else and then it jumps to
Pre-production
In June 2017, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that the film was solely a Sony project and Marvel had no plans to connect it with the MCU.[2] However, producer Amy Pascal soon clarified that Sony intended to have their MU films take place in "the same world" as the new MCU films starting with Spider-Man: Homecoming, describing them as "adjunct" to that world. She said that Venom would connect to the next film in Sony's MU, Silver & Black, and that there was potential for Tom Holland's Spider-Man to appear.[3] The character Carnage was also expected to appear in Venom at that point.[43] In July, Columbia Pictures president Sanford Panitch explained that Sony was not interested in producing "conventional comic-book movies" and was looking to give each film in their MU a distinct style. Venom was considered "a spin on a horror film", inspired by the works of John Carpenter and David Cronenberg but with "more pop and fun". Fleischer said he has "always been drawn to the more antihero superheroes. There's a dark element to [Venom] and a wit that has always appealed to me." He said the film would explore Venom's origins and the "Jekyll and Hyde" relationship that Brock has with the symbiote.[6]
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Riz Ahmed was in talks to join the film in August,[44] with Matt Smith, Pedro Pascal, and Matthias Schoenaerts also up for the same role.[45] In September, Michelle Williams entered talks to join the film as a district attorney and Brock's love interest.[46] By October, Jenny Slate,[47] Reid Scott,[48] and Scott Haze were in negotiations to join the film,[49] with Slate up for a role as a scientist.[47] Kelly Marcel was writing the latest draft of the film's script.[50]
Filming
Principal photography began on October 23, 2017,[51] with filming set to take place in Atlanta and New York City.[52] Marvel's Iron Man cinematographer Matthew Libatique returned in that role for the film,[53] while Oliver Scholl served as production designer after also doing so for Spider-Man: Homecoming.[54] Williams was confirmed to have joined the film in November, with Sony organizing her filming schedule to ensure her availability for concurrent, unexpected reshoots on the film All the Money in the World.[8] In December, Fleischer and Hardy said that the film was "important to the Marvel universe", and that it was primarily based on the Venom: Lethal Protector and Planet of the Symbiotes miniseries. Hardy added that, like the former comic, the film would be set in San Francisco.[55] At that point, Woody Harrelson was in talks to portray a henchman in the film,[56] and Williams was revealed to be portraying Ann Weying.[9] Additional filming took place in San Francisco from January 16 to 26, 2018. Locations included Russian Hill, North Beach, Chinatown, and the Financial District.[57][58] Hardy wrapped filming on January 27.[59]
Post-production
Ahmed and Scott were confirmed to appear in the film in February 2018, and Will Beall was revealed as an additional screenwriter.[12] In the following months, Sope Aluko and Scott Deckert were revealed to be cast in the film,[11][13] Haze and Harrelson were confirmed to appear,[11][14] and Ahmed's role was announced to be that of Carlton Drake.[5]
Music
Ludwig Göransson signed on to compose the score for Venom in March 2018, reuniting with Fleischer after the pair worked together on the 2011 film 30 Minutes or Less.[60]
Release
Venom is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 5, 2018.[42]
Marketing
For the Sony Pictures panel at Comic Con Experience 2017, Fleischer and Hardy appeared in a video from the film's set to promote it.[55] A teaser for the film was released in February 2018,[12] which Dani Di Placido called "comically underwhelming" for Forbes. He felt this was a major misstep by Sony given the teaser was meant to win over uninterested Spider-Man fans, particularly after the character's portrayal in Spider-Man 3.[61] The fact that the teaser did not include the title character was a common criticism by commentators.[61][62][63] Sony chairman Tom Rothman acknowledged this when presenting new footage of the film at CinemaCon 2018, explaining that the intention had been to "heighten anticipation" for the film, and noting that the new footage revealed the film's version of Venom by saying, "See, we didn’t forget to put Venom in the movie!"[5] Placido was more positive of this trailer, praising the appearance of and visuals for Venom, but stating that the dialogue in the trailer raised concerns regarding the film's writing.[64] During the trailer, actress Jenny Slate pronounces the word symbiote as SIM-bye-oht rather than SIM-bee-oht as many commentators believed it should be pronounced. This led to widespread criticism of the film, as well as a 35,700 percent increase in searches for "symbiote pronunciation" according to dictionary Merriam-Webster. The dictionary noted that both pronunciations are technically considered to be acceptable.[65] It was also noted that the trailer reused music that was heard in a major trailer for the Marvel film Avengers: Infinity War not long before, with Hannah Shaw-Williams of Screen Rant questioning whether this was a coincidence or if Sony was "deliberately trying to tie Venom to the MCU in the minds of audiences. Whatever the reason, Venom will need more than just a familiar piece of trailer music in order to win over audiences".[66]
Future
Sony's Marvel Universe
Sony plans for Venom to launch its own franchise.[37] In July 2017, Panitch indicated that future Venom films could crossover more with the Spider-Man films.[6]
Notes
Marvel Studios is not involved with this film, and does not plan to integrate it with the MCU,[2] but Sony does consider it to be set in "the same world" as MCU films such as Spider-Man: Homecoming, with producer Amy Pascal describing Venom as being "adjunct" to that world while not being an official part of it
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