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Venom’s VFX supervisor reveals the origin of symbiotes in the film

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Paul Franklin, the VFX supervisor for Venom, has gone into detail about the film’s new origin story for symbiotes.There’s plenty of the unknown when it comes to the upcoming Venom movie, especially as it’s a film that doesn’t involve the title character’s arch nemesis Spider-Man. Another is just how the film will present the existence of […]

Venom gets a new poster and TV spot featuring Eminem’s title track

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With less than three weeks to go until Venom arrives in cinemas, Sony Pictures has released a new poster for the Spider-Man spinoff movie featuring Eddie Brock/Venom (Tom Hardy), Dr. Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), and Anne Weying (Michelle Williams); check it out below along with a new TV spot cut to Eminem’s title track…SEE ALSO: Venom officially rated […]

New TV spots for Venom starring Tom Hardy

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With less than a month to go until the release of Venom, Sony Pictures has released a new TV spot for the movie which gives us another look at Tom Hardy’s titular symbiote in action; check it out here…SEE ALSO: Eminem releases Venom title track as director discusses laying the groundwork for future filmshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcAFxoau9T0UPDATE: And here’s a […]

Tom Hardy says he’s contracted for three Venom movies, new TV spot released

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We’re now just a little over a month away from the release of Venom, a movie that Sony hopes will launch a shared cinematic universe based upon the supporting players of the Spider-Man IP (less the web-slinger himself, at least initially).Apparently, ‘Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters’ (as its said to be referred to internally at […]

This is Us’ Ron Cephas Jones joins Venom

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Though it is just a couple of months until its release, Venom has added This is Us and Luke Cage actor Ron Cephas Jones to its cast. His role hasn’t been revealed yet.This will mark Jones’ first foray into the superhero genre on the big screen. He was originally going to play The Wizard in Shazam!, but had to drop out of […]

First image of Tom Hardy as Al Capone in Fonzo

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Director Josh Trank has taken to Twitter to share the first official image from the upcoming crime biopic Fonzo featuring Tom Hardy as the infamous mobster Al Capone; take a look here…Fonzo sees Hardy starring as a 47-year-old Capone who, with dementia rotting his mind, finds himself haunted by harrowing memories of his violent and brutal past.The […]

Spider-Man 3’s Topher Grace is “really excited” to see Tom Hardy as Venom

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It’s fair to say that Venom’s first big screen outing wasn’t quite what fans of Marvel’s symbiote were hoping for, with Sony pressuring director Sam Raimi to include fan favourite villain in 2007’s Spider-Man 3, which saw Topher Grace taking on the role of Eddie Brock.By Raimi’s own admission, he “didn’t really believe in the character” […]

Tom Hardy has revealed how Venom’s voice was created

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Tom Hardy has explained how the upcoming Spider-Man spinoff film created Venom’s distinctive voice.No newcomer to strange and iconic vocal performances after his work on The Dark Knight Rises as Bane, Tom Hardy’s latest vocal display comes as the Spider-Man villain Venom in the upcoming solo movie.Venom’s trailers have so far revealed what audiences can […]

Venom gets a new international poster

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Following yesterday’s trailer, a new international poster has arrived online for the upcoming Spider-Man spinoff movie Venom which gives us another look at Tom Hardy’s titular symbiote; check it out here…SEE ALSO: Venom director says there is no hero in the movie, explains the lack of the white spider logoOne of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex and badass characters comes to the […]