Venom Gets Animated: Sony Diversifies Its Web of Films

The next Venom film from Sony will be making the jump from live-action to animation.

Venom is about to take a step into the world of animation, as an animated Venom film is in development at Sony.

What's Happening:

  • As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Sony has made the decision to make their next Venom film animated rather than live-action.
  • Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, who directed last year's surprise horror hit Final Destination: Bloodlines, have been tapped to direct the project.
  • Amy Pascal, Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach, who worked on the prior Venom movies, will likely produce the feature, but those details currently remain unclear.
  • Tom Hardy, who played Eddie Brock/Venom in the live-action films, is understood to be involved in some capacity – but it could just be as a producer.
  • No writer is attached to the project although Sony’s animation arm, Sony Pictures Animation, is opening up a writers room to develop the a script or takes.
  • Sony is hopping that Lipovsky and Stein can breathe new life into the Venom franchise, just as they did with Final Destination.
  • The first Venom movie was released in 2018, and was followed by Venom: Let There Be Carnage in 2021 and Venom: The Last Dance in 2024.
  • Sony's next Spider-Man animated project is the third film in the Spider-Verse series, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, set for release in 2027.

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