SPIDER-MAN Spinoff VENOM Finally Has An Official Release Date And Director

Well, this came out of nowhere! Sony Pictures has announced a release date for Venom and it's coming sooner than expected! Will it tie into the MCU? Hit the jump for everything we know so far...

By JoshWilding - Mar 16, 2017 03:03 PM EST

Filed Under: Venom

Back when The Amazing Spider-Man Universe was still a thing, Sony Pictures had plans for movies revolving around both Venom and the Sinister Six. Those were shelved as soon as the wall-crawler made the leap to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the studio - Sony, not Marvel Studios - has confirmed today that they will release Venom worldwide on October 5th, 2018.

Does that sound familiar? Well, it should, because it's the date which was vacated by Aquaman just a couple of hours ago! There's currently no word on who will direct or how this will tie into the MCU (it probably won't, unfortunately), but it wouldn't be remotely surprising for Sony to head down the R-Rated route following the success of both Deadpool and Logan.

It's also worth noting that Venom will be released following the events of Avengers: Infinity War, and with so much speculation revolving around the possible introduction of the alien costume in that, things could head in a very interesting direction here! What do you guys think? As always, be sure to let us know your thoughts and theories in the comments section down below.

UPDATE: Well, here's a potentially concerning bit of information, but one which was to be expected...

Alex Kurtzman, writer of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 and director of THE MUMMY reboot will be at the helm of Sony's VENOM.
— Exhibitor Relations (@ERCboxoffice) March 16, 2017

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PantherKing - 3/16/2017, 3:11 PM

So is it connected to the MCU or not?

KWilly - 3/16/2017, 3:12 PM

@PantherKing - That's probably something they'll keep as a secret.

Scarilian - 3/16/2017, 3:19 PM

@PantherKing -

The general belief is that the Spider-man deal that Sony did with Marvel would require that Marvel support and have character's appearing in Spider-man related movies. The Venom movie may be seperate, but i highly doubt they wont include the MCU Spider-man for a cameo or more.

JohnnyTBP - 3/16/2017, 3:11 PM

Venom is a beast. Bring Carnage in for an appearance

PrinceAwesome - 3/16/2017, 3:34 PM

@JohnnyTBP -

Eddie Speelers for Brock

JohnnyTBP - 3/16/2017, 3:36 PM

@PrinceAwesome - perfect

Philip - 3/16/2017, 3:58 PM

@PrinceAwesome - I've (weirdly) liked Speelers ever since Eragon.

With that said, I would prefer if they cast someone a little bit taller/bigger.

PrinceAwesome - 3/16/2017, 4:01 PM

@Philip - tom holland isnt that tall man. hes like 5'6 or 5'7, Speelers is 5'10 which is just right.

Philip - 3/16/2017, 4:10 PM

@PrinceAwesome - Well yeah but we don't even know if this Venom will ever meet Holland's Spidey.

Holland's 5'8", Speelers 5'10", so you got pretty close there. However, Brock is like 6'3" (I think) in the comics, and we don't want another Topher Grace situation here.

PrinceAwesome - 3/16/2017, 4:19 PM

@Philip - lol celebrities add a couple of inches to their bios all the time so they can be seen as much more bankable. hemsworth and walker are both 6'3 yet ...

this doesnt add up

PrinceAwesome - 3/16/2017, 4:21 PM

@Philip - also, height isnt everything. as long as speelers is taller than holland, then hes good in my book. Watch him in Downton Abbey, the guy has incredible drama range

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