Remember that time Topher Grace played Venom in that Spider-Man movie? It's hard to believe it was seven years ago. We were all excited about the idea of seeing Venom and Eddie Brock go after Spider-Man but then it didn't quite go as we thought it would.
With Sony pushing to build their own Spider-Man cinematic universe, we've heard bits about a Sinister Six movie, a spin-off with a female lead, and, of course, Venom. Alex Kurtzman is the writer and producer for the movie and recently talked about how he plans to go a "darker" route.
The idea is that you can do things with Venom that you can’t do with Spider-Man. Venom is the representation of every line that will get crossed. He’s a much darker character.
That is exactly the point. Venom needs to be a serious character. He's not going to be making jokes while attacking. Venom is the oportunity to take Spider-Man and twist him into a frightening nightmare of a character.
What we don't know is which version we'll get--Eddie Brock, Mac Gargan, or Flash Thompson. Hopefully it will be nothing like Venom during his "lethal protector" phase.
The other concern is what will his origin be? Will the movie character spin out from Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man? It is possible they could go the Eddie Brock route of a former reporter humiliated by Spider-Man exposing the identity of a true killer rather than the one Brock thought he was reporting on. We wouldn't even have to see Garfield in the movie, just Spider-Man.
Venom fans can't help but be skeptical. Sony and Kurtzman will really have to impress us to make up for what we had before. Being "darker" is a good start. But there's still a long way to go.
What would you want to see in a Venom movie?
Source: MTV