Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy … Grace was "not considered likely" to return to the role then, with the film starting "from the drawing board" and looking to make the villain "an antihero who becomes a defender of the innocent". Brock is approached by Dora Skirth, one of Drake's scientists who disagrees with his methods and wants to expose him. 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. Venom damages the probe as it takes off, causing it to explode and kill both Riot and Drake. [2], Principal photography began on October 23, 2017,[81] with filming taking place in Atlanta and New York City. [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. For many fans, the brief appearance of Venom in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 was all too short. [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. With $205.2 million in the tank worldwide (with China still pending release), and with a total production budget of $116 million on the high end, adjusting about $40 million upwards for marketing costs, along with a 66%(-ish) take of the total cut from movie theaters, it looks the movie is days away from being in the black. She helps Brock break into the research facility to search for evidence, and he learns that an acquaintance of his, a homeless woman named Maria, is one of the test subjects. [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. [63] In September, Michelle Williams entered talks to join the film as a district attorney and Brock's love interest. 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. [69], 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. 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. 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. I'm the symbiote. [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. [132] It finished in third place in its third and fourth weekends behind Halloween and A Star Is Born. [97] Maryann Brandon and Alan Baumgarten served as editors for the film. Carnage is also set to make its cinematic debut in the upcoming film, Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). The project was envisioned as a standalone film launching its own franchise, unrelated to Sony and Marvel Studios' new Spider-Man films. He then violently attacks these police officers, but decides to come quietly, let his father go and give up the alien symbiote that gave him his powers after he accidentally harms a group of inoccent people. [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 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. 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. Train wrecks like these aren't supposed to be this entertaining. [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". [112][113][114] Sony chairman Tom Rothman later acknowledged this, explaining that the intention had been to "heighten anticipation" for the film. 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". [166] Michael Walsh at Nerdist concurred with Pulliam-Moore, describing the move as "fully embrac[ing] 'Symbrock'" and calling it "brilliant". 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[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. [123], 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. The Venom comics could arguably be the most violent and horrific in the series so it's easy to see why it took some time to bring it to the big screen. [126] Venom remained the top film worldwide for its second and third weekends. [110] An album featuring Göransson's score was released digitally by Sony Classical Records on October 5, with a physical release later that month. [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. There's a dark element to [Venom] and a wit that has always appealed to me." The film made $9.6 million on Columbus Day to set the record for the best Monday gross in October, again topping Gravity. 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). [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. [7] Harrelson, who previously worked with Fleischer on Zombieland (2009), signed on to the film for a small role—he described himself as being "in a little fraction of this movie"—knowing that he would have a bigger part in a potential sequel. [25], The film underwent reshoots in Los Angeles in June 2018,[80] which were reportedly overseen by Hardy. This was inspired by the early tests made while developing the basic symbiote look. 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). The Amazing Spider-Man 3 was pushed back to 2018, and the Venom film, now known as Venom Carnage, was moved up to 2017. 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". In March 2017, Rosenberg and Pinkner were set to write, with Fleischer and Hardy added in May. 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. Brock confronts Life Foundation CEO Carlton Drake about the trials, leading to both Brock and Weying losing their jobs. [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. This new Venom was featured in a new series called Venom in March 2011. [156] Many of the fans posting the art and discussing the characters' relationship online began using the name "Symbrock" to refer to them. Six months later, he comes across the Life Foundation again, and he comes into contact with an alien symbiote and becomes Venom, a parasitic antihero. They tell him to come quietly, but Brock refuses to go to prison. 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