Venom (2018 film)

Venom is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel

Venom
Comics character of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures
in association with Marvel[5] and Tencent Pictures. Distributed by
Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the first film in the Sony Pictures
Universe of Marvel Characters. Directed by Ruben Fleischer from a
screenplay by Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, and Kelly Marcel, it
stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom, alongside Michelle
Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, and Reid Scott. In Venom,
journalist Brock gains superpowers after being bound to an alien
symbiote whose species plans to invade Earth.

After Venom appeared in Spider-Man 3 (2007), Sony attempted to

develop a spin-off film based on the character. Work began in March
2016 on a new version that would start a new shared universe
featuring the Marvel characters that the studio possessed film rights
to. Sony also intended for Venom to share the world of the Marvel
Cinematic Universe's Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), but
ultimately distanced the film from Spider-Man. In March 2017,
Rosenberg and Pinkner were set to write, with Fleischer and Hardy
added in May. Filming took place from that October to January 2018, Theatrical release poster
in Atlanta, New York City, and San Francisco. The film was Directed by Ruben
primarily inspired by the comic book miniseries Venom: Lethal Fleischer
Protector (1993) and the story arc "Planet of the Symbiotes" (1995).
Produced by Avi Arad
Venom was released in the United States on October 5, 2018. It Matt Tolmach
received generally negative reviews from critics for its script, tone,
Amy Pascal
pacing and lack of connection to Spider-Man, though Hardy's
performance received some praise. However, the film was a box Screenplay by Jeff Pinkner
office success, becoming the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2018,
Scott
with over $856 million worldwide, and set several box office records
Rosenberg
for an October release. A sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, is
set to be released on June 25, 2021. Kelly Marcel
Story by Jeff Pinkner
Scott
Contents Rosenberg
Plot Based on Venom
Cast by Todd
McFarlane
Production
Development David Michelinie

Pre-production Starring Tom Hardy

Filming Michelle
Post-production Williams
Music Riz Ahmed
Marketing Scott Haze
Release Reid Scott
Theatrical
Music by Ludwig
Home media Göransson
Reception Cinematography Matthew
Box office Libatique
Critical response
Edited by Maryann
Audience response
Brandon
Accolades
Alan
Sequel Baumgarten
References
Production Columbia
External links companies Pictures
Marvel

Plot Entertainment
Tencent
While exploring space for new habitable worlds, a probe belonging Pictures
to the bio-engineering corporation Life Foundation discovers a comet Arad
covered in symbiotic lifeforms. The probe returns to Earth with four Productions[1]
samples, but one escapes and causes the ship to crash in Malaysia.
Matt Tolmach
The Life Foundation recovers the other three and transports them to
their research facility in San Francisco, where they discover that the Productions[1]
symbiotes cannot survive without oxygen-breathing hosts, which Pascal
often fatally reject the symbiosis. Investigative journalist Eddie Brock Pictures[1]
reads about these human trials in a classified document in the
Distributed by Sony Pictures
possession of his fiancée Anne Weying, an attorney preparing a
lawsuit defense for the Life Foundation. Brock confronts Life Releasing
Foundation CEO Carlton Drake about the trials, leading to both Release date October 1, 2018
Brock and Weying losing their jobs. Consequently, Weying ends their (Regency
relationship. Village Theater)
Six months later, Drake's symbiosis trials are closer to success, October 5, 2018
though one of his symbiotes dies due to carelessness. Brock is (United States)
approached by Dora Skirth, one of Drake's scientists who disagrees
Running time 112 minutes[2]
with his methods and wants to expose him. She helps Brock break
into the research facility to search for evidence, and he learns that an Country United States
acquaintance of his, a homeless woman named Maria, is one of the Language English
test subjects. Brock attempts to rescue Maria, but the symbiote
Budget $100–116
possessing her transfers to his body without him realizing, leaving her
dead. Brock escapes and soon begins displaying strange symptoms. million[3]
He reaches out to Weying for help, and her new boyfriend, Dr. Dan Box office $856.1 million[4]
Lewis, discovers the symbiote on examining Brock. Drake exposes
Skirth to the remaining captive symbiote, killing both. This leaves the symbiote inside Brock as the only
known surviving specimen.

Drake sends mercenaries to retrieve the symbiote from Brock, but it manifests around his body as a monstrous
creature that fights off the attackers. It later introduces itself to Brock as Venom, and explains that the comet is
searching for planets where the symbiotes can possess and devour the inhabitants. Venom offers to spare
Brock if he helps the symbiotes achieve their goal, and Brock comes to enjoy the superhuman attributes that
the symbiote imbues him with. Brock breaks into his old workplace to turn in evidence of Drake's crimes, but
is surrounded by SWAT officers and is forced to transform to escape. Weying witnesses this transformation
and takes Brock back to Lewis's office, where they explain that the symbiote is slowly rotting Brock's internal
organs. Brock notes that the symbiote has two weaknesses: high-pitched noises and fire. Although Venom
claims that the organ damage can be reversed, Weying uses an MRI machine to help Brock separate from the
symbiote. Brock is then captured by Drake's men.

Meanwhile, the fourth symbiote, Riot, makes its way from Malaysia to San Francisco by hopping from body
to body. It bonds with Drake, who agrees to take Riot in a Life Foundation space probe to collect the rest of
the symbiotes and bring them to Earth. Weying reluctantly bonds with Venom so they can free Brock. When
Brock and Venom are bonded again, the latter states that he has been convinced to help protect the Earth from
his kind through his interactions with Brock, and the pair attempt to stop Riot and Drake with Weying's help.
Venom damages the probe as it takes off, causing it to explode and kill both Riot and Drake. After the
incident, Brock returns to journalism, while Weying believes Brock is no longer bonded to Venom after this,
and that Venom also died in the explosion. However, the pair remain secretly bonded and set out to protect San
Francisco by killing criminals.

In a mid-credits scene, Brock is invited to interview incarcerated serial killer Cletus Kasady, who promises
"carnage" when he escapes.

Cast
Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom:
An investigative journalist who becomes the host of an alien symbiote, Venom, that imbues him
with super-human abilities.[6][7][8] Director Ruben Fleischer said that unlike a werewolf or
Jekyll and Hyde, the relationship between Brock and the symbiote is a "hybrid", with the two
characters sharing a body and working together. Hardy was drawn to this duality, and
compared the pair to the animated characters Ren and Stimpy. Hardy gave Brock an "aw-
shucks American accent" while using a "James Brown lounge lizard"-like voice for Venom,[9]
that was later "modulated to sound more sinister".[10] Hardy called Brock an antihero who
would "do whatever he has to" to accomplish a goal.[8]
Michelle Williams as Anne Weying:
A district attorney and Eddie's ex-fiancée.[11][12] Williams was excited at the prospect of her
character becoming She-Venom in the future as she does in the comics, and Fleischer felt that
it would be fun to give fans an Easter egg of this by briefly showing the character host the
symbiote during a scene in the film. This was kept a secret until the release of the film, and
Fleischer hoped that the positive response to the appearance would lead to more She-Venom
in future Venom films or even a standalone She-Venom film.[13] Weying's line "I love you, but I
love myself more" was added by Williams as a reference to the Me Too movement.[14]
Riz Ahmed as Carlton Drake / Riot:
A genius inventor and leader of the Life Foundation experimenting on the symbiotes.[7][8]
Ahmed explained that Drake is trying to save the future of humanity when he discovers the
symbiote,[8] with Fleischer adding that Drake has a positive goal but a "moral ambiguity" that
leads to him testing his science on other people.[13] Drake is eventually bonded to another
symbiote known as Riot, which Fleischer described as "a body-hopper".[8]
Scott Haze as Roland Treece: Drake's head of security.[15]
Reid Scott as Dan Lewis: Anne's new boyfriend, a doctor who tries to help Eddie.[16]

Additionally, Jenny Slate portrays Life Foundation scientist Dora Skirth,[17] Melora Walters portrays Maria, a
homeless woman,[18] and Chris O'Hara appears as astronaut John Jameson.[19] Also appearing in the film are
Sam Medina as a thug that Venom confronts,[20] Michelle Lee as a Malaysian EMT who briefly hosts Riot,[21]
Sope Aluko and Wayne Péré as Life Foundation scientists,[15][22] Scott Deckert as Brock's obnoxious
neighbor,[23] and Ron Cephas Jones, uncredited, as Brock's boss.[24] Woody Harrelson appears in the film's
mid-credits scene as Cletus Kasady,[25] while Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance as a dog-walker who talks
to Brock.[26] Additionally, a clip from the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) is included
after the film's credits, featuring the voices of Shameik Moore and Jake Johnson as Miles Morales and Peter B.
Parker, respectively.[27]

Production

Development

Early attempts and cancellation

By 1997, David S. Goyer had written a script for a film featuring the Marvel Comics character Venom, which
was to be produced by New Line Cinema.[28] Dolph Lundgren was in talks to star in the film,[28] which
would feature the character Carnage as the main antagonist.[29] The project did not move forward, and the
rights to the character moved to Sony Pictures along with those for the character Spider-Man, of whom Venom
is an antagonist in the comics.[28][29] Eddie Brock, the alter-ego of Venom, would appear in Sony's Spider-
Man 3 (2007), with Topher Grace in the role.[30] Grace was intended to only briefly appear as Brock,[31] but
became a major villain as both Brock and Venom because producer Avi Arad felt the series had relied too
much on director Sam Raimi's personal favorite Spider-Man villains, and not characters that modern fans were
actually interested in.[32] Raimi had been hesitant to explore the character due to his "lack of humanity".[30]
Arad revealed plans for a spin-off film focused on Venom in July 2007.[33]

Sony was actively developing Venom alongside direct sequels to Spider-Man 3 by July 2008, hoping the
character could "add longevity" to the franchise in a similar fashion to Wolverine in 20th Century Fox's X-Men
films. Jacob Estes had written a script for the film, but the studio chose to seek out new writers for a different
approach from that draft. Sony was also not yet convinced that Grace could serve as the lead actor in the
film.[34] That September, Sony hired Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese to write a new script, while industry
insiders suggested that Grace should return for the spin-off "because the likeable actor could be a sympathetic
evildoer", in response to Venom co-creator Todd McFarlane suggesting that a Venom film could not do well
with a villain as the central character.[35][36] Wernick and Reese had pitched an original story idea for the film
to Sony, which Reese described as a "realistic, grounded, a little more dark take on the character".[37] The pair
then worked on an outline with Sony and Marvel, who "had specific rules about the villain and the backstory
and stuff like that". They had completed a draft by April 2009,[38] which included a role written specifically
for Stan Lee,[39] and featured a sequence where the Venom symbiote jumps "from body to body [through a
city], and each person that it inhabits ends up becoming really violent and striking someone else and then it
jumps to [them]".[37]

Wernick and Reese had turned in a second draft by September 2009,

and Reese said that Sony was "pushing forward in whatever ways He was a journalist [who] got in
they push forward".[41][42] A month later, Gary Ross, who was trouble for it ... the whole essence to
us for the Marvel characters: stay
rewriting the script for Spider-Man 4 at the time, was hired to also
close to the bible, stay close to the
rewrite the Venom script, as well as direct, and produce alongside emotional story, and the rest is fun.
Arad. Grace was "not considered likely" to return to the role then, with
the film starting "from the drawing board" and looking to make the —Producer Matt Tolmach, on
villain "an antihero who becomes a defender of the innocent".[43] In staying true to the character's
January 2010, Sony announced that the Spider-Man franchise would comic-book origins when
be rebooted after Raimi decided to no longer pursue direct sequels to developing Venom[40]
Spider-Man 3.[44] By March 2012, Sony was still interested in a
Venom film and wanted to use it to capitalize on the release of the first
reboot film, The Amazing Spider-Man. The studio was in negotiations with Josh Trank to direct after Ross had
left the project to direct The Hunger Games (2012).[45] Trank was brought on following the release of
Chronicle (2012), his directorial debut. He and Big Fan (2009) director Robert Siegel pitched an R-rated
Venom film in the vein of The Mask (1994), but producer Matt Tolmach disliked their treatment.[46] In June,
Arad and Tolmach discussed Venom connecting to The Amazing Spider-Man, similar to the Marvel Cinematic
Universe (MCU) films crossing over in The Avengers (2012). Arad called it "an Eddie Brock story" only, but
Tolmach added, "Hopefully all these worlds will live together in peace someday."[40]

In December 2013, Sony revealed plans to use The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) to establish their own
expanded universe based on the Marvel properties the studio had the film rights to, including Venom. Arad
and Tolmach would produce the films as part of a franchise brain trust, with Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci,
and Ed Solomon set to write the screenplay for Venom, and Kurtzman set to direct.[47] In April 2014, Arad
and Tolmach said Venom would be released after The Amazing Spider-Man 3—which was set for release on
May 27, 2016—but before The Amazing Spider-Man 4.[48] However, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
underperformed, and, with Sony "under tremendous pressure to perform [that had them taking] a hard look at
their most important franchise", the direction of the shared universe was rethought. The Amazing Spider-Man
3 was pushed back to 2018, and the Venom film, now known as Venom Carnage, was moved up to 2017.
Kurtzman was still attached to direct, and write alongside Solomon.[49] In February 2015, Sony and Marvel
Studios announced a new partnership that would see Marvel Studios produce the next Spider-Man film for
Sony, and integrate the character into their MCU.[50] Sony still planned to produce the spin-off films on their
own,[49][51] but by November they were believed to have been canceled so Sony could focus on its new
reboot with Marvel Studios.[52]

Revival

Venom was revived by Sony in March 2016, with Arad and Tolmach
producing, and Dante Harper writing a new screenplay. The project was
envisioned as a standalone film launching its own franchise, unrelated to Sony
and Marvel Studios' new Spider-Man films.[54] A year later, Sony gave the
film an October 5, 2018, release date, and explained that Kurtzman was not
involved with the new project. No new director had been signed, and Scott
Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner were now writing the screenplay.[55] Venom was
expected to begin both a new franchise and a new shared universe
independent of the MCU, and was initially aiming for an R-rating on a
smaller budget, inspired by 20th Century Fox's success doing so with the X-
Men films Deadpool (2016) and Logan (2017).[56] Sony's director shortlist
for the film was believed to include Adi Shankar, known for his dark, R-rated
takes "on the properties he grew up on",[57] and Adam Wingard.[58] In May, When he was approached
Sony announced that Tom Hardy would star as Eddie Brock / Venom in about starring in the film,
Venom, to be directed by Ruben Fleischer and officially begin the "Sony Tom Hardy was already
interested in Venom due to
Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters".[59][60] Fleischer was chosen after a
his son's love for the
long search by Sony,[6] and as a longtime fan of the character expressed
character.[53]
excitement at the visual possibilities of portraying Venom on film and the
potential thematic ideas associated with the character such as duality.[61] The
casting of Hardy, whose son was a big fan of Venom, happened quickly after he left director J. C. Chandor's
Triple Frontier in April and Sony "saw an opportunity to court an in-demand talent".[6][53]

Pre-production
Riz Ahmed was in talks to join the film in August 2017,[62] with Matt Smith, Pedro Pascal, and Matthias
Schoenaerts all having been considered for the same role.[63] In September, Michelle Williams entered talks to
join the film as a district attorney and Brock's love interest.[64] By October, Jenny Slate,[65] Reid Scott,[66] and
Scott Haze were in negotiations to join as well,[67] with Slate up for a role as a scientist.[65] Also at that time,
Kelly Marcel was writing the latest draft of the film's script.[68] The final budget that Sony allocated for the
film's production was $100 million, though Deadline Hollywood revealed in September 2018 that a deal
between Sony and Chinese production company Tencent Pictures meant the latter had ultimately covered a
third of these production costs for the studio.[69]

Writing and Spider-Man connection

In June 2017, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that Venom was solely a Sony project and
Marvel Studios had no plans to connect it with the MCU.[70] However, producer Amy Pascal soon clarified
that Sony intended to have their MU films take place in "the same world" as the new MCU film Spider-Man:
Homecoming (2017), describing them as "adjunct" to that world. She said that Venom would connect to the
next planned film in Sony's MU, Silver & Black, and that there was potential for Tom Holland's Spider-Man to
appear in either.[71] Carnage was also expected to appear in Venom at that point.[72] In July, Columbia Pictures
president Sanford Panitch explained that Sony was not interested in producing "conventional comic-book
movies" and was looking to give each film in their MU a distinct style. Venom was considered "a spin on a
horror film", inspired by the works of John Carpenter and David Cronenberg, but with "more pop and fun".
Fleischer said he has "always been drawn to the more antihero superheroes. There's a dark element to [Venom]
and a wit that has always appealed to me." He said the film would explore Venom's origins and the "Jekyll and
Hyde" relationship that Brock has with the symbiote.[73]

The film is primarily based on the Venom: Lethal Protector miniseries

You're Eddie Brock. I'm the (1993) and the "Planet of the Symbiotes" story arc (1995),[74]
symbiote. Together we are Venom. borrowing the San Francisco setting of the former.[74] Spider-Man
ultimately could not be included in the film because of Sony's deal
—Director Ruben Fleischer was
inspired by this comic quote for loaning the character to Marvel Studios,[75][76] challenging the writers
the film's depiction of the title to "make a movie with a character that's defined by Spider-Man
without Spider-Man". For this reason, they looked to the Ultimate
character[9] Marvel version of Venom—whose origin is not tied to Spider-Man—
for inspiration.[75] Pinkner and Rosenberg were told that Spider-Man
could not be in Venom before they made their initial pitch for the film,
and took the approach of trying to stay faithful to the spirit of the comics even if certain elements had to be
changed, such as having Brock cross a moral line in his journalism which the character does in his comic book
origin story.[76] Fleischer noted that Lethal Protector aided in this goal since it, as the first solo Venom comic
book series, had "broke [the character] free from Spider-Man". It also gave the writers a "solid foundation" to
explore the more heroic side of Venom, rather than his more traditional villainous side from the Spider-Man
comics,[77] though Fleischer later described the film as having "no heroes".[8] One of Venom's lines in the
film, "Eyes, lungs, pancreas ... so many snacks, so little time", was lifted unaltered from The Amazing Spider-
Man #374 (February 1993).[78]

Fleischer stated that they were planning a "huge world" with many characters while developing the film,
including other symbiotes such as the villain Riot.[8] Fleischer wanted Venom to stand out compared to other
comic book-based films, and felt that tonally it would not remind viewers of the lighter MCU or the somber
DC Extended Universe.[10] It was important for him to honor the violence of Venom from the comics, where
"he bites people's heads off and eats brains. It would be weird to make a movie with Venom if he wasn't doing
that."[79] Sony executives were reluctant to push this element so far that the film would earn an R-rating,
which they believed would cause problems for potential crossovers with the family-friendly Spider-Man, as
well as other MCU characters, in future films.[80] Venom was eventually rated PG-13, with the violence toned
down.[2]

Filming

Principal photography began on October 23, 2017,[81] with filming taking place in Atlanta and New York
City.[82] Matthew Libatique served as director of photography,[83] while Oliver Scholl served as production
designer after also doing so for Spider-Man: Homecoming.[84] Williams was confirmed to have joined the film
in November, with Sony organizing her filming schedule to ensure her availability for concurrent, unexpected
reshoots on All the Money in the World (2017).[11] By December, Woody Harrelson was in talks to appear in
the film,[85] and Williams was revealed to be portraying Anne Weying.[12] According to several reports, Tom
Holland spent several days during Venom's production filming a cameo appearance as Peter Parker / Spider-
Man for the film,[86][87] but Marvel Studios asked Sony to exclude the scene from the final film.[88]

Hardy recorded his lines for the symbiote at the beginning of each day,[89] and these were played back to him
through an earpiece on set during scenes where Brock and the symbiote talk to each other.[10] Hardy had
previously used this process when he played twins in Legend (2015).[89] Fleischer allowed Hardy to
improvise on set, and take the scenes where he felt they needed to go. For instance, Hardy noticed that a
restaurant set for one scene had a lobster tank in it and decided that his character would get into the tank in the
scene; the production design team had to work overnight to reinforce the tank and fill it with fake lobsters so
Hardy could get in it the next day.[13] Hardy also worked with Marcel to rewrite some of his dialogue for both
Brock and Venom throughout the filming process.[90] Additional filming took place in San Francisco from
January 16 to 26, 2018. Locations included Russian Hill, North Beach, Chinatown, and the Financial
District.[91][92] Hardy wrapped filming on January 27.[93]

Post-production

Ahmed and Scott were confirmed to appear in the film in February

2018, and Will Beall was revealed to have done additional writing on
the script.[16] In the following months, Sope Aluko and Scott Deckert
were revealed to be cast in the film,[15][23] Haze and Harrelson were
also confirmed to appear,[15][94] and Ahmed was revealed to be
playing Carlton Drake.[7] Harrelson, who previously worked with
Fleischer on Zombieland (2009), signed on to the film for a small role
Fleischer promoting Venom at San
—he described himself as being "in a little fraction of this movie"—
Diego Comic-Con in July 2018 knowing that he would have a bigger part in a potential sequel.[95]
The role was revealed to be that of Cletus Kasady, the alter-ego of
Carnage.[25]

The film underwent reshoots in Los Angeles in June 2018,[80] which were reportedly overseen by Hardy.[96]
Venom was one of the first films to take advantage of the new post-production facilities at Sony Pictures' Stage
6 building in Culver City, California, with two new theaters equipped for sound design using Dolby Atmos
technology, two new stages for sound mixing with Avid Technology's Pro Tools workstations, and a theater
set-up for remote visual effects and color grading review.[97] Maryann Brandon and Alan Baumgarten served
as editors for the film.[98] Fleischer's focus during the editing process was to "cultivate" the relationship
between Brock and Venom, which he felt was the core of the film. The opening of the film went through
several iterations, but Fleischer always wanted it to "start with a bang", which led to a spaceship crash in the
opening scene. The Venom symbiote is shown shortly after as an introduction of the film's "hero", before the
villain's plot begins and becomes the focus of the scene.[13]
Visual effects and design

DNEG provided the visual effects for the film, with Paul Franklin serving as visual effects supervisor on the
project,[99] and Paolo Giandoso drawing concept art for the DNEG design team. Giandoso helped design
Venom and Riot, and provided a sequence of 158 drawings for the film's final battle between the two
characters.[100]

The visual effects team's first step was to define the look of the different symbiotes in the film, which do not
have a defined body shape. Franklin explained that they wanted the creatures to be "predatory and
threatening", and looked at slime molds, jellyfish, and time-lapse photography of amoeba for inspiration. The
final models were blobs that could move and change shape, with soft tissue simulated on top to give the
creatures an "interesting abstract quality". The symbiote is combined with Brock by adding "tentacles" to
Hardy, which was done through a hybrid of practical and visual effects.[99] The tentacles were inspired by the
movement of sea creatures and scientific demonstrations of non-Newtonian fluid. Additional cameras on set
accurately captured Hardy's movements so the tentacles could be integrated with his performance. A detailed
digital double of Hardy was also used for the integration.[100] Other partial Venom forms include the "freak-
out" form for when he is being vibrated out of Brock, for which a "ghostly" effect was created by adding an
animated version of the character on top of Hardy's performance with a vibration effect; and the "wraith"
Venom, where Venom's head emerges from Brock's body to talk to him—this form was closer to the raw
symbiote than the final Venom design, with added tendrils and veins to an overall snake-like shape, and an
emaciated take on Venom's face.[101]

The humanoid Venom character was created with a digital model that included rigs and simulation for the face
and muscles. Venom is portrayed as being 7 feet 6 inches (229 cm) tall and weighing 500 pounds (230 kg),
with a "smooth, oily, black" appearance. Due to the differences in the character's facial design comic-to-comic,
and even panel-to-panel, the designers "distilled the essential elements" into a design that could be
photorealistic. These included the character's eyes, which Franklin compared to those of a killer whale and
explained had to be animated in a more exaggerated way to indicate where the character was looking since he
does not have pupils. The character's long tongue is also adapted from the comics, with another complex rig
required so the tongue could be specifically animated, and then retract to allow the character to talk without
having to speak around it, which Franklin said was "too comical".[99] When he does speak, Venom often talks
through clenched teeth. This was inspired by actors Jack Palance and Clint Eastwood.[100] Since Venom's
origin is not tied to Spider-Man in the film, it did not make sense for the filmmakers to add a version of Spider-
Man's symbol to Venom's chest as he has in the comics. However, an all-black character would have been
difficult to see in night scenes, so Venom has a subtle 'V' symbol on his chest instead which is formed from the
white veins of the symbiote.[90][102] To further help the audience see the character, the visual effects team lit
him like they would a car in a commercial, using reflections to help define his body.[103] The character model
was flexible, allowing animators to scale Venom's head, adjust the length of his teeth, or even unhinge his jaw
"like a trap door", depending on the pose required.[99] Hardy initially planned to use performance capture to
portray Venom on-set in addition to Brock,[104] but this idea was abandoned due to the difference between his
face and the character's.[105] A 6-foot-10-inch (208 cm) stand-in wearing a helmet for added height was
sometimes used on-set as a reference for Venom.[103]

Because Riot is a minor character from the comics, the designers had more freedom to develop his film
appearance.[103] He is a foot taller than Venom, and almost twice as heavy, with a "brutal metallic look" that
Franklin described as "almost reptilian". The character model for Riot was similar to the one for Venom, but
had less effects layers due to Riot not having the same "rippling goo" texture. The villain also had a custom set
of effects for the different weapons that he can manifest, including blades and a large wrecking ball with
spikes. The final fight between the two characters was constantly changing, with Franklin, DNEG, and the
previsualization team at The Third Floor working with Fleischer to develop the fight. One element that was
suggested by the visual effects teams was to take advantage of the characters' liquid-like designs by having the
two appear to merge and create "a swirling mass of symbiotic flesh, with the two humans revealed through the
whirlpool". This was inspired by the early tests made while developing the basic symbiote look.[99] When
designing the launch pad where the fight is set, Franklin said that it needed to be "broad, colorful and exciting"
to represent the more comedic and comic book-like style of the film, which he contrasted to his work on
Interstellar (2014) and the concurrent work being done for First Man (2018). Additional environment work
that DNEG completed included the removal of Coca-Cola signs and CNN logos from the Atlanta-shot
sequences, since San Francisco does not have those.[106] For Weying's brief time as She-Venom, Franklin said
that the various depictions of the character in the comics ranged from "demonic creatures with elongated teeth
through to the extreme hypertrophied female form", with the film's version trying to balance being disgusting
and "a little bit sexy", particular for when she kisses Brock.[101] In total, DNEG completed around 1,100
visual effects shots for the film.[103]

Music
Ludwig Göransson signed on to compose the score for Venom in March 2018, reuniting with Fleischer after
the pair worked together on 30 Minutes or Less (2011).[107] In August, rapper Eminem teased that he had
contributed a new song to the soundtrack for Venom.[108] His album Kamikaze was released at the end of that
month, and features a bonus song called "Venom (Music from the Motion Picture)" that references the
film.[109][110] The song was released by Aftermath Records as a digital single for the film on September
23.[110] An album featuring Göransson's score was released digitally by Sony Classical Records on October 5,
with a physical release later that month.[111]

Marketing
For the Sony Pictures panel at Comic Con Experience 2017, Fleischer and Hardy appeared in a video from the
film's set to promote it.[74] A teaser for the film was released in February 2018.[16] Dani Di Placido of Forbes
called it "comically underwhelming". He felt this was a major misstep by Sony given the teaser was meant to
win over uninterested Spider-Man fans, particularly after the character's portrayal in Spider-Man 3.[112] The
fact that the teaser did not include the title character was a common criticism by commentators.[112][113][114]
Sony chairman Tom Rothman later acknowledged this, explaining that the intention had been to "heighten
anticipation" for the film.[7] In August, Fleischer revealed the trailer did not showcase Venom because the
visual effects for the character were incomplete at the time.[115]

Rothman presented new footage of the film at CinemaCon 2018, and acknowledged that it revealed the film's
version of Venom by saying, "See, we didn't forget to put Venom in the movie!"[7] Di Placido was more
positive of this trailer, praising the appearance of and visuals for Venom, but being concerned about the
dialogue.[116] During the trailer, actress Jenny Slate pronounces the word symbiote as SIM-bye-oht rather than
SIM-bee-oht, as many commentators believed it should be pronounced. This led to widespread criticism and a
35,700 percent increase in searches for "symbiote pronunciation", according to Merriam-Webster, which noted
both pronunciations are technically considered acceptable.[17] Slate uses the expected SIM-bee-oht
pronunciation in the final film,[117] which commentators assumed was achieved through reshoots or
overdubbing,[117][118] but Fleischer explained that the pronunciation had been corrected on set and the
marketing team had simply used a take for the trailer from before the correction was made.[118] Hannah Shaw-
Williams of Screen Rant noted that the trailer reused music from a major, recently released trailer for the
Marvel Studios film Avengers: Infinity War (2018), questioning whether this was a coincidence or if Sony was
"deliberately trying to tie Venom to the MCU in the minds of audiences. Whatever the reason, Venom will need
more than just a familiar piece of trailer music in order to win over audiences".[119] According to Fizziology,
an analytics company that takes different social media platforms into account, the second trailer was watched
64.3 million times within 24 hours, a 72 percent increase over the first trailer. Fizziology said it was rare for a
second trailer to get more views than the first and noted that general positive responses were up 46 percent.
The majority of positive responses were directed towards the appearance and design of Venom.[120]
Fleischer, Hardy, and Ahmed promoted the film at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con, where the audience was
given Venom masks and chanted "We are Venom". New footage from the film was debuted at the panel,
including the reveal of the villainous symbiote Riot.[8] A third trailer was subsequently released online. It was
criticized by Scott Mendelson (also of Forbes), who said the film was looking comparable to Catwoman
(2004)—"the shining example of how not to do this kind of movie". He also felt that Fleischer's decision to
make a sequel to his successful film Zombieland before Venom's release was an indication that the film was
not going to be good.[121] Richard Newby, writing for The Hollywood Reporter, felt the film was being
marketed as if it was in an "earlier era", saying it "looks pre-Iron Man cool" and more like a cross between An
American Werewolf in London (1981) and Blade (1998) than a modern superhero film. He noted that despite
early fears, the latest trailer showed that Venom would be featured throughout the film, and believed that the
film's lack of shared universe connections and distinct tone could help Sony prove it has "a handle on these
characters after all".[122] A tie-in comic book, serving as both a prequel and a teaser for the film and simply
titled Venom, was released digitally by Marvel Comics on September 14, with a physical version available to
those who purchased tickets for the film from AMC Theatres. Written by Sean Ryan and illustrated by
Szymon Kudranski, the comic establishes the film's backstory for the symbiote. SKAN provided the cover art
for the comic.[123]

Release

Theatrical

Venom had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles on October 1,
2018,[124] and was theatrically released in the United States and Canada on October 5 in 4,250
theaters.[59][69] This followed a release in several other countries on October 3,[125] where it was playing on
20,800 screens internationally in its opening weekend, along with 726 IMAX theaters in 60 markets.[126]

The film was released in China on November 9, a date that was approved by the country's film board
following an unexpected drop in box office sales there earlier in 2018.[127] China granted the film a rare
extended theatrical release in December, with the film's box office success and Tencent's large investment in
the film considered contributing factors in the decision.[128] The extension added 30 days to the film's initial
30-day run.[129]

Home media

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released a digital version of the film on December 11, 2018, with Ultra
HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD versions released on December 18 in the United States. The physical releases
featured deleted and extended scenes, making-of featurettes, and a way of watching the film called "Venom
Mode" in which informative pop-ups appear on screen. For these home media releases, the film was framed as
a romantic comedy by Sony with a focus on the relationship between Brock and Venom.[130]

Reception

Box office

Venom grossed $213.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $642.6 million in other territories, for a
total worldwide gross of $856.1 million.[4] With a production budget between $100–116 million, Deadline
Hollywood reported that the film needed to gross around $450 million to break even,[3] and later calculated the
net profit to be $246.9 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues, making it the sixth-most-
profitable release of 2018.[131]

In the United States and Canada, Venom was initially projected to gross $60–70 million in its opening
weekend.[69] It made $10 million from Thursday night previews, the highest ever for an October release
(beating Paranormal Activity 3's $8 million in 2011). After making $32.7 million on its first day, weekend
estimates were raised to $80 million. It went on to gross $80.3 million, marking the best October opening
weekend of all time (beating Gravity's $55.8 million in 2013), as well as the seventh-best opening for a Sony
film. The film made $9.6 million on Columbus Day to set the record for the best Monday gross in October,
again topping Gravity.[3] The film remained in first the following weekend, dropping 55% to
$35.7 million.[132] It finished in third place in its third and fourth weekends behind Halloween and A Star Is
Born.[133][134] With the release of more films in its fifth and sixth weekends, Venom fell to, respectively, sixth
and eighth place, with the latter carrying the film over $200 million total.[135][136]

Worldwide, the film was expected to debut to $160–175 million, including $100–110 million from 58
territories outside of the U.S. and Canada.[137] It over-performed with $125.2 million from foreign territories
for a global opening weekend of $205.5 million, the highest ever in October. It finished first in all countries but
one, including South Korea ($16.4 million over its five-day debut), Russia ($13.6 million), the United
Kingdom ($10.5 million) and Mexico ($10.2 million, the best start for a Sony film in the country). The
opening included $15.4 million from IMAX, the largest opening for October and Sony in the format; of that,
$7 million was from overseas IMAX screens, the largest overseas IMAX debut.[126] Venom remained the top
film worldwide for its second and third weekends.[138][139] In its second, the film opened at number one in
France ($6.7 million), Vietnam ($3 million), and Thailand ($2.2 million), and remained number one in 51
others, including Brazil which dropped only 6% from the first weekend.[138] The film was number one in 30
markets for the third weekend.[139] It opened in Japan at number one with $5.2 million during its fifth
weekend, taking the worldwide total to $541.6 million. The film's top overseas markets then, ahead of its
release in China, were Russia ($31.6 million), South Korea ($30.1 million), the UK ($25.5 million), Mexico
($23.8 million), and France/Brazil (tied at $18.3 million).[140]

The film passed $600 million and became number one worldwide again after opening in China with
$111 million. It was Sony's biggest opening in China, the second-largest for a superhero film behind Avengers:
Infinity War, and the fifth-largest for any imported film to the country. $34.9 million came on the Friday, which
was the biggest opening day for a solo Marvel film. The 553 IMAX screens in the country made $10 million,
the largest November opening for the format in China, and the eight-largest for any month.[141] The film held
off new release Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in its second weekend, which became number
one overall, to remain top in China with the best second weekend for a superhero film in the country at
$51.2 million.[142] Following this "phenomenal" performance in China, the film crossed $800 million the next
weekend with another $21.3 million from 63 markets, reaching $822.5 million to become the second-biggest
superhero origin film ever behind Black Panther.[143] At the start of December and following the film
receiving an extension for its China release, Mendelson wrote that the film had made an "insane" $262 million
in China, and felt that it had outperformed other films such as Crazy Rich Asians in the market due to being
more "quirky/weird" with some "camp classic 'so bad it's good' stylings" that those other films did not
have.[144]

Critical response

The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 30% based on 345 reviews,
with an average rating of 4.42/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Venom's first standalone movie
turns out to be like the comics character in all the wrong ways—chaotic, noisy, and in desperate need of a
stronger attachment to Spider-Man."[145] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 35
out of 100, based on 46 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[146]
Reviewing the film for Variety, Owen Gleiberman called it "a textbook case of a comic-book film that's
unexciting in its ho-hum competence, and even its visual-effects bravura". He criticized Hardy's performance
as acting like "a stumblebum Method goof", and felt the film spent too long on Venom's origin story when it
should have been what a sequel likely will be. He added that the film may not be as bad a start to a new shared
universe as The Mummy (2017), but it "could turn out to be a similar case of a franchise kickoff that doesn't
fully attain franchise liftoff".[147] Ty Burr of The Boston Globe scored the film one-and-a-half stars and said it
"saps the life force of almost everyone in it" including Hardy, Williams, and Ahmed whose performances he
all criticized. He also criticized Fleischer's direction as "unfocused" and Libatique's cinematography as some
of the "dingiest" of 2018, but did feel that the scenes where Hardy and Venom talk while sharing a body were
"reasonably amusing".[148] Mark Daniell at the Toronto Sun criticized the film's tone, effects, and characters,
compared it to a rejected superhero film treatment from the 1990s, and said it was the worst Marvel film
released since Elektra (2005).[149]

Like Burr, Soren Anderson of The Seattle Times also gave the film one-and-a-half stars, calling it "perhaps the
worst Marvel-derived origin story ever", and criticizing the "close to an hour of tedium" before Venom appears
in the film. Anderson also said that Hardy was "usually excellent (but not this time)", and called the action
sequences "generic".[150] At the Toronto Star, Peter Howell gave Venom two out of four stars and said that
Hardy's performance prevented it from being "an unwatchable disaster", but he still thought the film was a
mess with an inconsistent tone, "bog-level computer effects and washed-out colours resembling those of a
1998 sci-fi movie on a VHS tape that's been left out in the sun".[151] Jake Coyle for the Associated Press
found the film to be "kind of a hoot" despite it being "an incoherent mess of tones, acting styles and visual
effects". He was particularly positive about the film's differences from other Marvel films, and of how Hardy
pushed it to be more comedic seemingly against Fleischer's intentions. On Hardy's performance, Coyle was
not sure whether it "adds up to anything in Venom. But it's something to behold. Train wrecks like these aren't
supposed to be this entertaining."[152]

David Edelstein at Vulture said Hardy was the only reason to watch the film, and felt having Brock and
Venom share a body was "a good gimmick" that was executed better by Steve Martin in All of Me (1984). He
also thought that Williams and Slate were wasted in their respective roles in the film, and that Fleischer's
direction was "competent and unmemorable".[153] Writing for Salon, Matthew Rozsa said that he actually
liked the film, and may have loved it if not for the "sloppy and formulaic script". He felt the depiction of
Venom was more worthy to be seen in a film than the version in Spider-Man 3, and praised Hardy's
performance as "wicked fun". Rozsa especially liked that the film did not take itself too seriously and did not
attempt to set-up an entire shared universe on its own, positively comparing it to the sort of superhero film that
would have been made before the release of the MCU's Iron Man.[154] Time's Stephanie Zacharek described
the film as "neither the most super-awesome Marvel movie nor the worst", criticizing the action and small roles
of Williams and Slate, but praising the design of the symbiotes as "kind of neat to look at" and Hardy's
performance as "fun to watch".[155]

Audience response

Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at
PostTrak gave it an 80% positive score; social media monitor RelishMix noted online responses to the film
were "mixed ... leaning positive". During the film's opening week, most audience members surveyed by
Fandango wanted to see the film because it featured a Marvel antihero, because it had the potential to
crossover with Spider-Man, or because they were fans of Hardy.[3]

"Symbrock" shipping
After seeing the film, Kate Gardner of The Mary Sue wondered whether it had been "queer coded",[156] a
term referring to characters appearing queer without their sexuality being a part of the story.[157] Gardner soon
noticed fan art depicting Brock and Venom as a couple appearing across social media sites. She acknowledged
that there were several moments throughout the film that implied such a relationship, including Venom
deciding to turn against his species because of his time spent with Brock and Venom deciding to French kiss
Brock when it is transferring from Weying's body to Brock's. Gardner felt that these elements made it more
logical for fans to "ship" the two characters than some similar pairings that had become popular on the
internet.[156] Many of the fans posting the art and discussing the characters' relationship online began using the
name "Symbrock" to refer to them.[158]

Tumblr's Fandometrics analysis team, led by Senior Content Insights Manager Amanda Brennan, looked at
"original posts, likes, reblogs, and comments" across the website's 440 million blogs, and reported that
Symbrock was the most used ship name during the week ending October 15. It was also the eighth most
popular topic overall, while Venom itself was the most popular topic. Brennan said that fans of Symbrock
existed before the film due to the nature of the comics, but the increase in popularity was undoubtedly due to
the film's portrayal of the characters which she said made Venom's dialogue more "casual ... compared to how
he speaks in comics, which kind of makes it more approachable and easier to turn the symbiote into something
cute". Brennan added that dialogue such as "I am Venom and you are mine" was deemed to be particularly
romantic by these fans, as was the idea that Venom be seen not as a parasite but as someone who "chose Eddie
Brock and has a connection to Eddie Brock".[159] According to Fandometrics, Symbrock remained the most
popular shipping name on Tumblr for the weeks ending October 22,[160] October 29,[161] November 5,[162]
and November 12,[163] before falling to third place during the week ending November 19.[164] In its list of the
top 100 shipping names of 2018, released on November 28, Fandometrics listed Symbrock in fourteenth
place.[165]

When Sony began advertising the home media release of the film by presenting it as a romantic comedy
focused on Brock and Venom's relationship,[130] io9's Charles Pulliam-Moore said it was the treatment that the
film deserved, and attributed the change in strategy from the studio to the audience's response to the
relationship. He added that it was rare for a film studio to "get on top of a so-so ad campaign" by adjusting
towards "the public's reaction to a movie", and that he believed it to have been successful.[166] Michael Walsh
at Nerdist concurred with Pulliam-Moore, describing the move as "fully embrac[ing] 'Symbrock'" and calling
it "brilliant". Walsh said that though the advertisement was clearly a parody, it also "feels like a far more
accurate portrayal of what the movie was really like than the initial [marketing] hinted at", and further
highlighted the kissing scene.[167]

Accolades
 Date of
Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
ceremony
Los Angeles Online Best Visual Effects or
January 9, [168]
Film Critics Animated Tom Hardy Nominated
2019
Society Awards Performance
Outstanding Effects Aharon Bourland, Jordan Walsh,
Visual Effects February [169]
Simulations in a Aleksandar Chalyovski, Federico Nominated
Society Awards 5, 2019
Photoreal Feature Frassinelli
Jack Gill, Henry Kingi Sr., Jalil
Best Work With a
Jay Lynch, Denney Pierce, and Won
Vehicle
Jimmy N. Roberts
Taurus World Stunt May 11, Joe Dryden and Jimmy N. [170]
Best Specialty Stunt Nominated
Awards 2019 Roberts
Best Stunt Coordinator
Andy Gill, Jack Gill, Chris
and/or 2nd Unit Nominated
O'Hara, and Spiro Razatos
Director
Best Action TV Spot "Control" (Wild Card) Nominated
Best Voice Over TV
Golden Trailer May 29, "Control" (Wild Card) Nominated [171]
Spot
Awards 2019
"Wildposts" (LA/Lindeman
Best Wildposts Nominated
Associates)
Tom Hardy and Michelle
MTV Movie & TV June 17, [172]
Best Kiss Williams (Eddie Brock / Venom Nominated
Awards 2019
and Anne Weying)

Sequel
In January 2019, Sony announced development on a sequel with Marcel hired as screenwriter. Hardy,
Harrelson, and Williams were confirmed to return, though a director was not set due to Fleischer's
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) commitments.[173] Andy Serkis was hired to direct the sequel in August
2019.[174] That October, Fleischer stated that he was happy to let Serkis take over the franchise following the
negative critical reaction that Venom received. Fleischer believed that reviewers had been unfair to the
"crowdpleasing movie", potentially due to biases against Sony and towards Marvel Studios' rival superhero
films.[175] Venom: Let There Be Carnage is expected to be released on June 25, 2021.[173][176]

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Official website (https://web.archive.org/web/20181031172315/http://www.venom.movie/site/)
Venom (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270797/) at IMDb

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