Venom's Production Just Got Delayed Another Month

Production on Sony’sVenomsolo film has been pushed once again , delay the beginning of filming to the end of October . Even though Sony is currently in the fundament remainder ofSpider - Man : Homecoming ’s box office run - one that could make it the biggestSpider - Manfilm ever - they are still go forward with plans to make a shared universe of their own . While Tom Holland star as Spidey in the MCU , Sony ’s films will take place outside of that continuity . Tom Hardy is their bragging starand has join the macrocosm to play one of their most democratic character reference , Venom .

The movie has slow been coming together ever since it was announced that Hardy would asterisk andRuben Fleischer would direct . Most recently , Riz Ahmed was linked to a role(potentially Carnage ) as the film gear upfor an former September startto production . However , filming wasthen delayed to afterward this month , but now has been pushed once more .

Omega Undergroundhas now discover thatVenomwon’t start shooting until October 23rd . This would give the work party almost two additional month to find specific locating within Atlanta and New York , while also giving Sony more metre to put the cast together . But , the location scouting has now apparently enlarge to include San Francisco according to a recentRedditpost .

This extra delay only mean that fan will have to await that much longer before come across anything from the film . First tone images and any additional selective information from the set should start to surface as shortly as filming set about as this should be another project that is plagued with paparazzi . However , the delayed start should not have any effect on the film ’s release . It is currently scheduled to hit theatre on October 5 , 2018 , give Sony almost exactly a year to take , edit , and kick upstairs the movie .

There have been reports that Sony is going to use these spinoffs as a way to make smaller superhero films , which could decrease the typical shooting agenda for any other superhero movie . Sony also seems like it is going to take a page from Fox ’s approach and diversify the genre of these films , withVenompegged as a horror / sci - fi filmthat isinspired by John Carpenter and David Cronenberg .

Whether or not those influences stick with the pic should become have sex once production is underway . In the meantime , Sony will finalize a cast of characters that also reportedly include She - Venom . Clearly this film will not be short on host for the symbiotes to latch onto , whenever it does start filming .