Thanks to the ungodly amount of moneyVenommade at the worldwide box office in 2018, the potential for a future Venom-verse is as wide the character’s Tumblr page is thicc. First up:Varietyreports that a direct sequel to directorRuben Fleischer’s anti-hero tale is in the works at Sony withKelly Marcel—who co-wroteVenomalong withJeff PinknerandScott Rosenberg—returning to pen the script.Tom Hardywill be back as the lobster-diving Eddie Brock and the voice of his symbiotic alien pal Venom, as willMichelle Williamsas Anne Weying. Sony will kick off the search for a new director soon, as Fleischer will be brains-deep filmingZombieland 2.
Venomwas a straight-up surprise last year. Audiences were first introduced to the long-awaited adaptation through a teaser that did not feature Venom, and then a trailer thatdidfeature Venom threatening to eat a man’s limbs until he looked like a turd in the wind. We all hadsome yucksover that on the world wide web untilVenomdebuted to arecord-breaking$80 million in October on its way to a massive $855 million haul worldwide.
TheVenomsequel will presumably pick up the story thread left dangling by the first film’s mid-credits scene, which—spoilersif you still haven’t sampled the many insane joys of this film—introducedWoody Harrelsonand a downright abominable wig as Kletus Kassidy, a.k.a the longtime homicidal Venom nemesis known as Carnage.
Back in November, Sonyreportedly set asideJuly 10, 2020 and June 21, 2025 for two yet-confirmed superhero movies from their slate. GivenVenom’s extraordinary October success in 2018, it’s pretty close to set in stone that a sequel will fall nicely into that October 2 slot. The other will more than likely go to theMorbiusmovie adaptation starringJared Letoas Marvel’s “living vampire”.
