You just can't keep a good supervillain down, especially when that villain is Venom, one of Spider-Man's most popular archfoes. Sony is moving forward with plans for a
Venom movie, as writing team Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese told
SCI FI Wire.
Wernick and Reese were discussing
Zombieland when they revealed that they were working on the film, although they wouldn't reveal any details about the film. "We're under strict orders on
Venom," Wernick said. "We can't talk about it. It's just super secret."
What they will say, however, is that they were fans of the character before getting this gig - unlike Sam Raimi who used Venom in
Spider-Man 3. They're not letting their status as fans keep them from doing research into the character before they tackle the script. "We read [Venom] growing up, but we were not experts," Reese said. "We certainly know the mythology of Venom, but went back and learned more when it became clear that we could actually get this job."
The writing duo is also aware of the pressure that working on
Venom brings with it. After many fans were upset with how the symbiote-clad-anti-hero appeared in
Spider-Man 3, there will be a lot of eyes looking towards this film to see if the character is handled to their satisfaction in this film. And Reese is very aware of that fact. "Absolutely. I'm terrified," Reese said with a nervous laugh. "It's source material that everybody knows and everybody's familiar with and everybody loves. There's a burden on you to meet the expectations of people. A lot of people are curious about Venom."
The character of Venom started off as an enemy of Spider-Man. Reporter Eddie Brock has his life ruined because of a story he wrote that Spider-Man proved to be false, while at the same time an alien symbiote is rejected by Peter Parker/Spider-Man. The symbiote and Brock merge together to become Venom, who has powers that mirror all of those possessed by Spider-Man, along with a few others. Venom has appeared in nearly every Spider-Man cartoon to date, and was portrayed by Topher Grace in
Spider-Man 3. It is unclear whether the
Venom movie will use Grace and continue on from the storyline set-up in the third
Spider-Man film, or if the film written by Reese and Wernick will serve as a reboot for the character.
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But like i said it would need big names to it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsotOoSUNJo&feature=related
It's awsome.
We remember that j.a., or at least i do. In fact, that was one of my big beefs with Spidey 3. It didn't give the origin of the symbiote, it just randomly crash lands from space and attaches itself to his scooter...wtf!? The film can open on another planet, but the whole movie doesn't have to take place their. The story needs to involve the origin of the symbiote first and foremost. Then it can delve into Eddie Brock's psyche, clearing the path for the symbiote to ultimately latch on. Then the rest of the movie can be about Venom as the anti-hero, with probably Carnage as the villain and introduce a couple more Spidey-related characters like the Prowler or some shit. All they need to do is dismiss the events of Spidey 3 and start from scratch
This film doesn't have to be linked to Spiderman 3, because if its before Spiderman 3 it would have to be on a different planet.
God was Spiderman 3 so bad that no one remembers the metoerite crashing on earth with the symbiote and it automatically attaches to parker there and then, so there is no space to set this spin-off, on Earth before the events of Spidey 3...
It would have to be on a different planet, ending with the symbiote on the meteorite crash landing on Earth, which in context of a synopsis seems like an automatic fail.
And he never fought Sandman, because he was always on Parker's body / suit. Once he got off he attached to skinny ass Topher Grace as Eddie Brock in the church scene and he automatiucally teamed up with Sandman.
For this film to pulled off successfully it has to be out of the current spiderman continuity, it can't be in the Spidey universe of Sam Raimi's envisionment.
It jhas to be seperated from it, this has to have no attachment to the Spidey universe otherwise it messes the continuity, linking it too Raimi's Spiderman you better off saying 'Hey Venom's dead' end of film.
Spiderman could be referenced but it should not be associated with this spin-off. The only link should be is that 'This is a spin-off story for a villain from Spidey's archives...end of'