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Andy Serkis discusses Venom 2, confirms Tom Hardy has been involved with writing

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This week it was announced that Andy Serkis is set to take on directing duties on Venom 2, teaming with Tom Hardy for a sequel to Sony’s Ruben Fleischer-helmed superhero blockbuster, and now Serkis has been chatting to GameSpot about his involvement with the film. “I’m right in the beginning stages, so I’ve got some […]

Andy Serkis, Travis Knight and Rupert Wyatt have met with Sony about directing Venom 2

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With Ruben Fleischer busy with post-production on Zombieland: Double Tap, it seems that Sony is wasting little time in finding a replacement for the filmmaker on Venom 2, with Variety reporting that the studio has recently met with three potential directors for the Marvel sequel. According to the trade, Andy Serkis (Mowgli: Legend of the […]

Venom producer says “no timetable” for the sequel as yet

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Sony kicked off its Universe of Marvel Characters last year with the release of Venom, the Tom Hardy-headlined film defying critics and putting the shared Spider-Man-themed universe on a firm footing with a whopping worldwide box office haul $855 million. With those kinds of numbers, it came as little surprise when Sony announced an October […]

Marvel releases trailer for Absolute Carnage

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With Marvel set to unleash Absolute Carnage this August, the publisher has released a trailer for the all-encompassing Venom event which promises “to shake the symbiote world to its core”. “We’ve given a serial murderer a nuclear bomb, essentially, and Cletus is gonna try and kill every single character that has ever worn a symbiote,” […]

Venom producer confirms Tom Hardy return for sequel, teases future Spider-Man crossover

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Last year saw the successful launch of ‘Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters’ with Venom, the Tom Hardy-headlined comic book adaptation defying critics (and early backlash against its marketing campaign) to gross an impressive $855 million worldwide. With a hit in the bag, Sony wasted little time in setting two further Marvel movie dates – the […]

Marvel’s Kevin Feige says Spider-Man and Venom crossover movie likely, but for Sony to decide

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Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel Studios, has said that a movie with both Spider-Man and Venom is likely but that it’s up to Sony. When news broke that there would be a Venom movie without Spider-Man, many fans were confused. Surely you can’t have one without the other? Well, while the Venom movie didn’t […]

Marvel unveils first Immortal variant covers

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Marvel has announced that it is set to pay homage to the many faces of the Marvel universe this September with a line-up of ‘Immortal’ variant covers each modelled after Bruce Banner’s transformation from the pages of Immortal Hulk. Check out the first four here, along with a full list of all the variant covers […]

Spider-Man and Venom Cosbaby Collectibles unveiled by Hot Toys

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Hot Toys has unveiled a new selection of Marvel Cosbaby Bobble-Head figures for Spider-Man and Venom, which includes Spidey in his Scarlet Spider, Fear Itself, Iron Spider Armor, Negative, Spirit Spider, Spider-Man 2099 Black, Anti-Ock and Velocity suits, along with Venom, Venom/Eddie Brock, and a multicoloured version of Venom; take a look here… Marvel’s Spider-Man […]

Marvel unveils ‘Bring on the Bad Guys’ variant covers

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As part of its 80th anniversary celebration, Marvel has announced a new series of variant covers under the ‘Bring on the Bad Guys’ theme, which highlight classic Marvel heroes going head-to-head with some of their most iconic foes; check out the first six covers here… The full list of Bring on the Bad Guys variants […]