Tom Hardy Will Play The Lead In New 'Venom' Movie

Tom Hardy will be the lead in Spider-man spin-off Venom, while Ruben Fleischer, best known for directing Zombieland, looks increasingly likely to sign-on to the project.

The movie is scheduled to open October 5, 2018 and the duo are in final negotiations to be part of the franchise, with the script coming from Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner.

The role will mean that Hardy will have played villains for both Marvel and DC, having played Bane in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises.

The Venom film will be the first in a number of movies set in Sony's new Marvel and Spider-Man-based universe, which is being rebooted this summer with Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Hardy will play Eddie Brock, a freelance photographer is infected by an alien lifeform that needs a host in order to survive.

Venom was originally conceived as a supervillain, but has since become more of an antihero. His first appearance in the comics came in the The Amazing Spider-Man #252, back in May 1984.

The character was listed as #33 on Empire Magazine's 50 Greatest Comic Book Characters, so it's unsurprising he will be getting his own film.

The studio is also developing a Silver Sable and Black Cat film, which like the Venom movie will follow on from Spider-Man: Homecoming.

The trailer for the film was released earlier this year...

Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing

Spider-Man: Homecoming will be released this summer and comes after Tom Holland's Peter Parker made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in last year's Captain America: Civil War.

The movie is the sixteenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.This Peter Parker is a little bit different from the others, as Tom Holland was actually a teenager at the time of filming.

Tom will play the 15-year old who received spider-like abilities after being bitten by a genetically-modified spider following his experience with the Avengers.

The plot will see Peter return home, where he lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.).

Although Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine, the Vulture (Michael Keaton) emerges as a new villain, threatening everything that Peter holds most important.

Topics: venom, tom hardy, Spider-Man

James Dawson

James Dawson is a Journalist at LADbible. He has contributed articles to LADbible’s ‘Knowing Me, Knowing EU’ series on the EU referendum, the 'Electoral Dysfunction' series on the 2017 general election, the ‘U OK M8?’ series tackling mental health amongst young men, and for its ‘Climate Change’ initiative in partnership with National Geographic.

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