Sony is planning on expanding the Marvel Universe further despite the company recently being snatched up by rivals Disney, with a spin-off featuring Spider-Man Villain -and fanboy favourite -Venom.
Already doing a script polish on Spider-Man 4, Sony has tapped Gary Ross to write a stand alone feature for the oily symbiote, although whether Topher Grace will reprise the role is unclear. Sony, and Columbia pictures avoid any legal trouble with Disney with the proportionate agility of a spider thanks to a perpetuity deal covering Spidey and his rogue’s gallery.
Although he’s been out of practice since the similarly Maguire-centric Seabiscuit, Ross is also being tapped to direct, with early hints transforming Eddie Brock’s monstrous foe into an anti-hero -brain-eating destruction not scanning well with family audiences apparently.
What’s your opinion, should Venom play to the spidey market-or would a grim n’ gritty R rating carnage-fest be more his speed?
