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Chiwetel Ejiofor joins Tom Hardy in Sony’s Venom 3

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Not content with occupying a single role in the multi-dimensional world of Marvel following his turn as Baron Mordo in Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange movies, Chiwetel Ejiofor is set to star opposite Tom Hardy in Venom 3. According to Deadline the 12 Years a Slave actor will join Hardy and the recently announced Juno Temple […]

Juno Temple joins Tom Hardy in Venom 3

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We have our first casting news for Sony’s Venom 3 as Deadline reports that Juno Temple (Ted Lasso) is joining Tom Hardy in the next installment. Temple’s character has not been revealed, nor has the plot to the third Venom film. Hardy and screenwriter Kelly Marcel, who wrote the scripts for Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage, have […]

Zazie Beetz to interrogate Tom Hardy’s serial killer in Apple TV+ series Lazarus

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In what is being described as a Hannibal Lecter-Clarice Starling style relationship, Tom Hardy and Zazie Beetz are set to star as serial killer and investigator in Apple TV+ drama series Lazarus.  According to Deadline the two are nearing deals to headline the series, which will be an adaptation of the Joona Linna book series […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Mad Max Anthology

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Mad Max Anthology Directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie. Starring Mel Gibson, Tom Hardy, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward, Bruce Spence, Mike Preston, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells, Emil Minty, Kjell Nilsson, Virginia Hey, Tina Turner, Adam Cockburn, Frank Thring, Angelo Rossito, Paul Larsson, Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb, Helen Buday, Charlize Theron, […]

Jeremy Renner did chemistry tests as Mad Max for Fury Road before Tom Hardy was cast

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Before Tom Hardy was cast as Max in Mad Max: Fury Road, Jeremy Renner was under consideration long enough to do chemistry tests. Replacing Mel Gibson as Mad Max is no easy thing but Tom Hardy certainly did a stellar job in the much loved Mad Max: Fury Road. However, Hardy wasn’t the first person […]

Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron open up about their on-set conflicts while shooting Mad Max: Fury Road

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While Mad Max: Fury Road is one of the best action movies of the past decade, the film had a troubled production which included being shut down several times, director George Miller’s sheer ambition, and on-set conflicts between stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. However, in an oral history of the making of Mad Max: Fury Road […]

The Dark Knight Rises’ Bane gets an Ultimate Version 1:3 scale collectible statue from Prime 1 Studio

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Sideshow and Prime 1 Studio have unveiled the 1:3 scale ultimate version Bane statue which is based on the appearance of Tom Hardy as the villain in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. Limited to 500 pieces, it is available to pre-order now, priced at $1,399; check it out here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow […]

New images from Sony’s Venom movie arrive online

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Two new images have arrived online for Sony Pictures’ upcoming Spider-Man spinoff movie Venom, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, featuring Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), Dr. Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), and as well as the titular symbiote; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Venom trailer has more views than any Spider-Man movie trailer One of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex […]

A dose of Venom for the worldwide box office and an end to blaming critics for failure?

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the surprising worldwide commercial success of Venom… Earlier in the year the first trailer for Venom dropped. It looked pretty awful, not least about 15 years out of date (particularly the initial trailer’s CGI polish). A few more trailers followed and fanfare seemed fairly low. Then came the reviews. […]