Woody Harrelson set for ‘Venom’, has a ‘wonderful script’ and confirms ‘Venom 2’
Sony’s first Spider-Man spin-off is coming in the form of Venom, starring Tom Hardy as the popular anti-hero. Woody Harrelson is confirmed to have a role in the film and now spoke about the project whiling promoting Solo.
Speaking with Collider, Harrelson begins by explaining why he joined the Venom film.
“Well, you know, Ruben Fleischer did Zombieland, directed it, so that was a big part of it. And also, Tom Hardy, I really respect and think he’s one of the great actors. So that, coupled with what is a really wonderful script, I felt like I kind of should, you know?”
While nothing was certain, Harrelson actually confirmed a Venom sequel.
“Roll of the dice, because I’m just … I’m in a little fraction of this movie, but I’ll be in the next one, you know? So I haven’t read that script, but anyways, just rolled the dice.”
When asked about the role, he joked back: “I thought it was under wraps that I’m even in the movie…Oh, in that case, we better hold off.”
During a panel at Comic Con Experience Brazil, Hardy promised to do the character of Venom justice and to bring lots of action and dark humor to the role. He also confirmed that the film is inspired by the Venom: Lethal Protector miniseries.
Venom: Lethal Protector was a six-issue miniseries written by David Michelinie and drawn by Mark Bagley, Ron Lim, and Sam Delarosa. The series was published by Marvel Comics in 1993. The story begins with Venom and Spider-Man agreeing to a truce and Venom moving to San Francisco.
Once in San Francisco, Venom is attacked by the son of one of his past victims. Venom is then hunted down by the Life Foundation, a group that wants to study the Venom symbiote for their own purposes. This results in the creation of five new symbiote spawn: Scream, Phage, Riot, Lasher, and Agony.
Primetime Emmy-winner Riz Ahmed has already been confirmed as Carlton Drake, and his company has been reinvented as a pharmaceutical firm that’s conducting illegal tests. It seems likely that Brock will cause problems for Ahmed, and become an unwilling participant in Drake’s experiments.
Academy Award-nominee Michelle Williams co-stars as Hardy’s other half, Anne Weying, Eddie Brock’s wife who later becomes She-Venom.
Reid Scott has been cast as Patrick Mulligan, a police officer who ultimately becomes the RED symbiote named Carnage. The popular red symbiote is more unstable and dangerous than Venom.
Michelle Lee is Donna Diego, a yellow and red creepy symbiote named Scream. What is strange is that IMDB listed Sailor Larocque as Donna Diego/Scream, so perhaps there is more to this story or Sailor is doing the motion capture part.
Venom was scripted by Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner and Kelly Marcel and Will Beal.
Scott Haze also stars with Jenny Slate, Mac Brandt, Sam Medina and Gail Gamble.
Woody Harrelson has an undisclosed role and Tom Holland is expected to make cameo (rumored to be an after credit stinger), likely as Peter Parker, not as Spidey.
Venom arrives in theaters October 5, 2018.
