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| Directed by | Kelly Marcel |
| Screenplay by | Kelly Marcel |
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| Based on | Marvel Comics |
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| Cinematography | Fabian Wagner |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Venom 3 is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Venom, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel Entertainment. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is intended to be the sixth film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe and the sequel to Venom (2018) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). The film is being written, co-produced, and directed by Kelly Marcel from a story she wrote with Tom Hardy, who reprises his roles as Eddie Brock and Venom and also serves as a producer.
Hardy revealed in August 2018 that he was signed on to appear in a third Venom film, and development had begun by December 2021, after the second film was released. Marcel and Hardy were writing the script by June 2022, and Marcel was set to direct that October, making the film her feature film directorial debut. Filming began in late June 2023 in Spain but was halted the next month due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Filming resumed in November following the strike's conclusion and is also expected to occur in London.
Venom 3 is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 8, 2024.
Cast[edit]
- Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom: An investigative journalist who is the host of an alien symbiote that imbues him with super-human abilities and a violent alter-ego: Venom.[1]
Additionally, Juno Temple and Chiwetel Ejiofor have been cast in undisclosed roles,[2] with Temple's role described as a lead character.[3]
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Star Tom Hardy stated in August 2018 that he had signed on to star in three Venom films.[1] In September 2021, Hardy noted that the producers would have to continue to develop Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) in future films but said they were also interested in crossing over with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) more.[4] Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) director Andy Serkis expressed interest in returning to direct another Venom film,[5] and felt there was more to explore with Venom in future films before the character could meet Spider-Man in a future crossover film,[6] including further exploration of the Ravencroft Institute and other potential villains being held there.[5] In October, Tom Holland said he and producer Amy Pascal had discussed him potentially reprising his MCU role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in future Venom sequels, after he made a cameo appearance in Let There Be Carnage via footage from the MCU film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).[7] That December, Pascal said they were in the "planning stages" of Venom 3.[8]
Sony Pictures confirmed the film was in development at CinemaCon in April 2022.[9] In June, Hardy revealed that Kelly Marcel was writing the screenplay after previously working on the prior Venom films and that he was co-writing the story with her.[10] Hardy was set to be paid $20 million for his involvement.[11] That October, Marcel was set to make her directorial debut with the film and to produce alongside Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Pascal, Hutch Parker, and Hardy,[12] with Arad Productions, Matt Tolmach Productions, Pascal Pictures, Hutch Parker Entertainment, Hardy, Son & Baker, and Columbia Pictures producing the film in association with Marvel Entertainment.[13] The film was expected to conclude the Venom trilogy.[12] Serkis said he was unable to return due to his commitments to Animal Farm, which he previously delayed to work on Let There Be Carnage.[14]