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Veep’s Reid Scott in talks to join Sony’s Venom

October 17, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Variety is reporting that Reid Scott (Veep) is in talks to join the cast of Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man spinoff movie Venom.

Tom Hardy is leading the cast of the film as Eddie Brock, with Riz Ahmed, Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate also on board in as-yet-unrevealed roles. Zombieland helmer Ruben Fleischer is attached to direct the film, with Kelly Marcel (Fifty Shades of Grey) currently rewriting the script from Scott Rosenberg (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) and Jeff Pinker (The Amazing Spider-Man 2).

Production on Venom is slated to begin this month ahead of the film’s release on October 5th 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Reid Scott, Spider-Man, Spider-Verse, Venom

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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