Sony Pictures took to Hall H of the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday to showcase its upcoming Spider-Man spinoff Venom, with the studio showcasing some footage from the movie which was said to have greatly impressed the audience in attendance. Unfortunately, the footage isn’t going to be released online, but the folks at ComicBook have a […]
Kevin Feige confirms that Sony’s Venom movie is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Despite striking a deal with Marvel Studios for Spider-Man: Homecoming (and its subsequent sequels), Sony Pictures is looking to put its Spidey rights to further use, having announced the spinoff movies Venom and Silver & Black, the latter featuring the characters of Silver Sable and Black Cat. Given that Tom Holland’s wall-crawler exists within the […]
Tom Hardy to play Venom for Sony, Ruben Fleischer to direct
Welcome back to the world of comic book movies, Tom Hardy! Variety has reported that the Dunkirk actor has signed on to star as the titular anti-hero/villain in Sony’s Venom, a standalone film built around the character. Additionally, Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer will helm the project, marking his first feature-length directorial gig since 2013’s Gangster Squad. Soon […]
Ruben Fleischer to direct Valiant comic book adaptation Archer & Armstrong
Valiant Entertainment has tapped Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer to direct an adaptation of its comic book series Archer & Armstrong, with Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Caribbean) penning the script. The series, created by Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor-Smith and Bob Layton, launched in 1992 and “centers around the unlikely friendship between Armstrong, an immortal warrior […]
Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer boards Jekyll starring Chris Evans
Chris Evans has been attached to play Tom Jackson in the feature film adaptation of the BBC’s Steven Moffat-penned 6-part 2007 miniseries, Jekyll, since late July now, and while few updates on the project have been given since then, Deadline reports that Lionsgate has pegged Zombieland and Gangster Squad director Ruben Fleischer to helm the project. Between Jekyll and […]
Michelle Williams in talks for Sony’s Venom film
Sony and director Ruben Fleischer’s Venom film may be getting another high-profile addition to its cast, with Variety reporting that Manchester By The Sea’s Michelle Williams has entered talks to join the movie opposite Tom Hardy. Williams is said to be up for the role of a district attorney who is possibly Hardy’s romantic interest. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s Riz Ahmed […]
Miles Teller and Ruben Fleischer to team for The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang
Variety has revealed that Miles Teller (Insurgent, Fantastic Four) is set to star in The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang for director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad). Universal Pictures is in the final stages of negotiating a deal to secure the rights to a Stopwatch Gang article published by Atavist and written by […]
Ruben Fleischer to direct a COPS movie
Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad) has signed on to direct a big screen adaptation of the long-running police reality series COPS, in what is being described as “an edgy narrative with a buddy comedy bent on the order of a Lethal Weapon.” The script for COPS is being written by Cameron Fay, who recently penned […]
Liam Neeson and Ruben Fleischer teaming for action comedy The Revenger
Deadline is reporting that Universal Pictures has tapped Liam Neeson to star in action comedy The Revenger, which will be directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland). Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the project comes by way of a pitch from screenwriters Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant, whose credits include Night at the […]
Watch the first trailer for Sony’s Venom starring Tom Hardy
After yesterday’s reveal of the teaser poster, Sony has now released the first trailer for Venom, the Spider-Man spin-off starring Tom Hardy (Dunkirk) as the fan favourite anti-hero. Watch the trailer below… Venom is based on one of Spider-Man’s most well known villains/anti-heroes. Photographer Eddie Brock came into contact with the alien symbiote that had previously infected […]
