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Venom passes $500 million worldwide, on course to become Sony’s most profitable Marvel release

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After setting an October opening weekend record at the domestic box office earlier this month, Sony’s Tom Hardy-led Spider-Man spinoff Venom has now pushed its worldwide haul beyond the half billion dollar mark in its fourth weekend. The film, based upon the fan favourite Marvel villain, has grossed $187.3 million domestically, plus a further $321.1 […]

Venom the Duck joins Marvel Contest of Champions

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Kabam has released the latest upcoming for Marvel Contest of Champions, which introduced the bloodthirsty and cunning monster Venom the Duck! Check out his gameplay trailer, bio and stats and abilities here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luehh0PbN2A An abject abomination crafted from the chaotic energy of the Contest itself and given shape by the monstrosity calling itself the Symbiote […]

Movie Review – Venom (2018)

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Venom, 2018. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Jenny Slate, Scott Haze, Michelle Lee, Sope Aluko, Reid Scott, Sam Medina, Jared Bankens, Wayne Pére, and Woody Harrelson. Synopsis When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego “Venom” to save his life. Venom’s […]

Venom was originally going to begin on the symbiote homeworld

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As Venom continues its run atop of the box office in its second weekend, director Ruben Fleischer has been chatting to CinemaBlend about the movie, revealing details of an abandoned idea for the opening scene which would have given a little more backstory on the symbiotes. “The beginning of the movie was a hard one,” said […]

Hollywood’s Unhealthy Obsession With Movie Ratings Needs to End

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Harrison Abbott on Hollywood’s unhealthy obsession with movie ratings and why it has to end… From a sanitised Die Hard sequel to an R-rated Star Trek, when it comes to ratings Hollywood is incapable of leaving well enough alone. The Dark Age of PG-13-ification Alien Vs Predator, The Expendables 3, World War Z, Max Payne, […]

Venom producer says sequel doesn’t need to be R-rated, even with Carnage involved

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Avi Arad, a producer for Venom, says that the sequel and depiction of Carnage doesn’t need to be rated R. R-rated superhero films are quite popular these days, thanks to the big success of movies like Deadpool and Logan. Venom is a movie that would have lent itself to such a rating but, however, the […]

Why Venom Should Get a Sequel

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George Chrysostomou wants to see a sequel to Venom… Critics and fans are once again divided around a film in 2018. We’ve already witnessed the high and lows of this new phase of apparent out of touch reviewers, with The Last Jedi receiving fan backlash whilst The Greatest Showman is poured over by the general public. Venom seems to be […]

Venom opens to $205.2 million at the global box office

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Despite mixed reviews from critics, audiences have certainly been reacting positively to Venom, with the Tom Hardy-headlined solo movie coming in above expectations with $205.2 million worldwide. Domestically, Venom pulled in $80 million, well above tracking estimates of between $55 million and $65 million, and ahead of the Marvel Studios superhero blockbuster Ant-Man and the Wasp, […]

Venom director explains why he didn’t use Carnage as the villain

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Sony finally realised its ambition of releasing a Venom movie this weekend, having been in development on a solo film for the fan-favourite anti-hero since his big screen debut back in 2007’s Spider-Man 3. At several points during this development stage, the plan had been to include the character of Carnage as the villain (even […]