Venom has become such a runaway success that a sequel is definitely happening. When Venom opened in October, there was a lot of apprehension given the largely negative reviews the movie received. But after an impressive opening at the box office, it looked like there would be a happy ending for Eddie Brock and his favorite symbiote. As of this writing, Venom has grossed $850 million at...
Things weren’t looking good for Sony’s Venom in the week leading up to its release. It earned largely negative reviews, and talk of it being an unmitigated disaster was starting to proliferate. But then something unexpected happened: It became a bonafide hit. Venom took in an impressive $80 million domestically in its opening weekend before totaling an impressive $783 million worldwide...
Note: Venom spoilers are discussed in this post. Those of you who partook in Venom’s record-breaking opening weekend are familiar with the opening scene. In it, a Life Foundation spacecraft is returning to Earth with symbiote samples on board. The scene, however, was quite different when the project was in the early stages of development, according to director Ruben Fleischer, with an...
Note there are spoilers ahead Against my better judgement, I went in to Venom hoping Sony’s new comic book adaptation was better than the trailers suggested. I left the theater with decidedly mixed feelings, thoroughly confused by the tone but also fascinated by Tom Hardy’s dueling performance, which was both captivating and endlessly peculiar. Think of it as the answer to Jim Carrey’s...
When the first trailer for Venom dropped, the symbiote beast declared he (and Eddie Brock) were Venom, but in the latest clip, we truly find out what that means. The new clip, titled “To Protect and Serve,” really gets to the meaning of serving some beatdowns. It’s the same scene we were briefly shown in the trailers where Eddie Brock is warning a special tactics unit not to test him...
When Venom swings into theaters this October, it will mark the first time we see Tom Hardy become the anti-hero. If things go according to plan—i.e. becoming a smash hit at the box office—it definitely won’t be the last time Hardy becomes Venom. That’s because Hardy has signed up for a total of four Venom movies. The actor revealed the news a recent interview, confirming he is onboard...
Ever since the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy ended, Sony has struggled to develop a consistent Marvel franchise even though it has a number of characters to its name. Among those is Spider-Man, Venom and 900 others. Trying to capture a little bit of the magic that made the Marvel Cinematic Universe the prime movie franchise, Sony is going all-in in crafting its own Marvel franchise...
“Like a turd in the wind” is not a line of dialog I expected to hear in a Venom movie—let alone any movie about a dangerous alien symbiote that could probably consume a human in one bite. But here we are. Sony on Tuesday released yet another trailer for Venom, and it’s full of violence and threats of bodily harm. Oh, and some humor was thrown in for good measure. The trailer showcases...
Tom Hardy is no stranger to the world of comic books. He famously played Bane in The Dark Knight Returns, and now he’s taking on a role that many never expected him to take: Venom. The anti-hero has a complicated backstory and an even more complicated moral compass—which is exactly what drew Hardy to the role. That and the fact that Venom looks cool. In an interview with Entertainment...
Sony this week released the first trailer for Venom, which finally showed the dangerous symbiote in action. I’ll admit, the movie looks better than I expected, especially after such a lackluster teaser. But the quality of the movie hasn’t really been the focus of discussion as of late, because people can’t get over the pronunciation of “symbiote.” Due to how it’s spelled, I’ve always...