“Venom 2” & “No Time To Die” Help Power October to Biggest Box Office Month of 2021

Thanks to an alien symbiote and his human host and one of cinema’s most enduring franchises, October has become the high-grossing month of the year for the first time in modern history. Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Daniel Craig’s final turn as James Bond in No Time To Die helped super-boost the month in the opening weeks, while Halloween Kills and Dune came in huge in the middle and towards the end of the month.

Behold the Teaser & Official Title For Venom 2

Sony Pictures has revealed both the official title and a new teaser for Venom 2. Both are delicious if you ask us. The upcoming sequel boasts the formidable, multi-talented Andy Serkis behind the camera, with Tom Hardy, of course, reprising his titular role as the alien symbiote antihero. Also returning for the sequel is Woody Harrelson’s Cletus Kasady, better known as Carnage, an even bigger, badder alien symbiote than Hardy’s Venom.

Venom 2 Set Photos Reveal Tom Hardy’s Return as Eddie Brock

We’ve got some official set photos from Venom 2, and they show Tom Hardy’s head-devouring alien symbiote having a laugh with his nemesis, the other head-devouring alien symbiote Carnage, played by Woody Harrelson. Okay, these new images, from photographer Greg Williams, give us a glimpse of what appears to be a very fun set, rather than stills from the film itself. Hardy returns as Eddie Brock, the reporter-turned-antihero Venom, and the sequel is being helmed by the multitalented Andy Serkis.

Woody Harrelson & Cinematographer Robert Richardson Confirmed for Venom 2

Everything about Venom 2 keeps getting better and better. Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood cinematographer Robert Richardson has joined director Andy Serkis’s sequel. Richardson joining Serkis and stars Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams raises all sorts of interesting questions about what Venom 2‘s look might be, and how different it might feel from director Ruben Fleischer’s original. Richardson has not only shot six films with Tarantino,

Michelle Williams Reprising Role as Anne Weying/She-Venom in Venom 2

One of the best moments from Ruben Fleischer’s 2018’s hit Venom was when the alien symbiote that had, up until then, possessed Anne Weying (Michelle Williams)’s ex-husband Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) glommed onto her. This was right before the film’s big third act fight. Had Anne not become into She-Venom, Eddie Brock would have bit the dust. The results, while brief, were thrilling—She-Venom dispatched a bad guy and helped Eddie get to the bigger fight against Carnage (Woody Harrelson).

Tom Hardy is Helping Craft the Venom 2 Story

The news that Andy Serkis would be directing Venom 2 was met with a lot of excitement. The super talented actor, director, and motion-capture expert is the perfect choice to take Tom Hardy’s antihero alien symbiote to the next level, narratively and visually. Now /Film has some juicy tidbits (via Tuesday’s TCA 2019 event) about where Serkis might take the franchise, and it turns out that Tom Hardy himself will be helping craft the story.

Andy Serkis Will Direct Venom 2

The great Andy Serkis is your director for Venom 2. This will be Serkis’ third feature after his 2017 drama Breathe and last year’s jaw-droppingly beautiful Mowgli, his photo-realistic take on Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book.” Serkis has proven himself an able director after years of wowing audiences with his performances in front of the camera—whether he was playing Supreme Leader Snoke in the past Star Wars films,

Venom and Carnage are On a Collision Course for Sequel

Woody Harrelson’s Cletus Kasady promised in Venom, “There will be carnage.” And so there shall be. The mid-credits scene signaled a sequel to Eddie Brock’s (Tom Hardy) symbiote transformation that has now been officially green-lit.

Venom took a massive bite out of the worldwide box office chomping up $855 million. Unsurprisingly, there is more to come from the alien inhabited investigative reporter. Variety is reporting that the creative team is beginning work on Venom 2 slated for October 2020.