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Venom 2 is officially a go, may get a new director

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After scoring a huge success this past October with over $855 million at the global box office, Sony Pictures is now officially moving ahead with a sequel to its Marvel blockbuster Venom. According to Variety, the studio has enlisted Kelly Marcel, a writer and produce on the first movie, to pen the script for Venom […]

Preview of Web of Venom: Venom Unleashed #1

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Web of Venom: Venom Unleashed #1 hits comic book stores this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… From the illustrator of the blockbuster series of the summer comes the next epic installment in the WEB OF VENOM – a journey from the symbiote’s perspective through Eddie’s […]

Watch Tom Hardy’s “ever-changing man-bracelets” in the Honest Trailer for Venom

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Despite defying the critics with an $854.5 million box-office haul, and actually turning out to be a rather enjoyable slice of ridiculous fun, Venom was always going to be in for the Honest Trailers treatment, and you can watch what the folks over at Screen Junkies have created below… SEE ALSO: Venom creator blames ageing critics for the film’s negative […]

The Worst Movie Action Sequences of 2018

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Harrison Abbott on the worst movie action sequences of 2018… With the imminent arrival of January 1st, it’s worth reflecting on all the different ways that we, as a society, celebrate the New Year. Some usher in the commencement of a fresh calendar by participating in lively social events and extravagant parties. Others indulge in […]

Ranking All of 2018’s Superhero Movies

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Liam Hoofe rounds up what has been an exceptional year for the superhero genre… By this point, saying that a year is a marquee year for superhero films feels a little redundant. The genre has established itself as the most financially bankable in all of cinema, and it feels as though barely a month goes […]

Venom creator blames ageing critics for the film’s negative reviews

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As we’ve seen on a number of occasions in recent times, there’s often a big disconnect between critics and audiences when it comes to movies, particularly blockbusters, and one perfect example of that was this year’s superhero origin movie Venom. The Tom Hardy-headlined Marvel film scored just 29% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but managed […]

There is no need for an unrated Venom cut according to director Ruben Fleischer

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Ruben Fleischer, the director of Venom, says that there is no reason to release an unrated cut of the film. Thanks to early reports and the fact that the film would star an infamous Spider-Man villain, many thought that Venom would be a violent and perhaps R-rated affair. While the film has proved to be […]

Venom writer: Spider-Man could play “a significant role” in a future Venom movie

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When Sony first announced that it would be moving ahead with an interconnected Marvel universe beginning with a Venom movie, there were conflicting comments coming out of Sony and Marvel Studios as to if and how these films would be linked to the Marvel Cinematic Universe incarnation of Spider-Man, played by Tom Holland. While Marvel’s […]

Venom has some good advice for Eddie Brock in new deleted scene

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Sony has unveiled a new deleted scene from its hit Spider-Man spinoff movie Venom which sees the alien symbiote offering some advice to Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Venom 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD details and special features announced https://twitter.com/galensdeathstar/status/1073213066421121027 One of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex and badass characters comes to the […]