Sony Mulling 'Venom' Script

Having the right script for a film can generally spell success. Sony is hoping to find exactly that in the pages of the recently turned in "Venom" script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The duo who penned "Zombieland" spoke with SCIFI Wire and told the news outlet that they have turned in two drafts and are awaiting word back from Sony. For more details, read on...


A Venom spin-off has been talked about for a few years now. Sony would like to continue their Spider-Man success and branch it out by giving Venom a film of his own. The biggest area of interest surrounding a Venom movie, is how the hell are they going to tackle the story without bringing Spidey into it. Unfortunately, Reese and Wernick kept completely mum on specifics of their draft, other than saying they have actually turned in "two drafts". Paul Wernick said, "We've written two drafts of Venom, and the studio has it, and they're pushing forward in whatever ways they push forward." The media outlet pressed a bit harder on Wernick asking when we could expect a production start date, but he only shrugged it off. "We're not sure, [but] we've turned in our two drafts," Wernick said.

The symbiote, otherwise known as Venom has had a few transformations over the years so there is no reason to think Sony will stick with Brock. I would hope we would see another formation of Venom other than Eddie Brock, who was featured in Spider-Man 3. Particularly, Mac Gargan! Gargan started off as Scorpion and later bonded with the symbiote Venom, giving him far greater powers than as Scorpion. That said, Mac Gargan has a long running hatred for Spider-Man and I honestly have no idea how you could tell his story without including the friendly neighborhood web-slinger. More news on "Venom" as it breaks...

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