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Sony Revives Plans For SPIDER-MAN Spinoff VENOM!!

I am – Hercules!!


It looks like the gooey parasite from "Spider-Man 3" might jump off Topher Grace and onto a bigger star.

Sony commissioned a script by Jacob Estes (“Mean Creek”) for "Venom" but is apparently seeking a new writer to pursue a new direction following the explosive successes of Paramount’s “Iron Man” and Warner Bros.’ “The Dark Knight.”

Hollywood vets have vivid recollections of “Venom” movies being developed long before the first big-screen “Spider-Man” production got underway.

Read all of the Reporter’s story on the matter here.

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symbiote + jack black
by Lt. Kaffee
Jul 30th, 2008
11:44:13 PM
After craptacular Spiderman 3 - call me disinterested
by JackRabbitSlim
Jul 30th, 2008
11:44:20 PM
Douchetastic!
by Jed Black
Jul 30th, 2008
11:44:48 PM
now hold on
by SpawnofAchilles
Jul 30th, 2008
11:47:59 PM
Meh
by Turd Furgeson
Jul 30th, 2008
11:48:30 PM
Prior to SM3, I was excited for Venom.
by PirateEmery
Jul 30th, 2008
11:48:43 PM
THEY NEED TO DO VENOM RIGHT THIS TIME
by J-Dizzle
Jul 30th, 2008
11:50:24 PM
Ok - even in tangential reference to star, Topher = poo
by JackRabbitSlim
Jul 30th, 2008
11:53:18 PM
Lt. Kaffee
by SpawnofAchilles
Jul 30th, 2008
11:54:41 PM
it has to be completely bad ass to work
by quamb
Jul 30th, 2008
11:55:57 PM
I mean this with the utmost respect: Why?
by YotzVonFrelnik
Jul 30th, 2008
11:56:47 PM
JRS JGL
by SpawnofAchilles
Jul 30th, 2008
11:58:41 PM
I'm a little worried
by therobcat
Jul 31st, 2008
12:05:37 AM
no dancing, no singing, no crying
by Jubba
Jul 31st, 2008
12:06:29 AM
Last Successful Spin-Off Movie??
by jingle_balls
Jul 31st, 2008
12:10:26 AM
I can't see this being good.
by The Guy Who Slept Through Everything.
Jul 31st, 2008
12:10:50 AM
Spiderman Origins:Venom
by Phategod2
Jul 31st, 2008
12:11:32 AM
Christian Bale did Newsies
by JackRabbitSlim
Jul 31st, 2008
12:11:44 AM
Ugh...
by ChezKing
Jul 31st, 2008
12:11:45 AM
lame idea
by the milf lover
Jul 31st, 2008
12:13:33 AM
This is STUPID
by FuryofthefilmFan
Jul 31st, 2008
12:14:43 AM
Spiderman 3 killed Venom... it tarnished the whole series
by br1947
Jul 31st, 2008
12:16:53 AM
Ohh we all know the Villian will be Carnage
by Phategod2
Jul 31st, 2008
12:18:32 AM
Retarded
by LaserPants
Jul 31st, 2008
12:20:22 AM
Yup. SM3 sucked donkey dick.
by Uncle Stan
Jul 31st, 2008
12:23:13 AM
VENOM
by salamimansam
Jul 31st, 2008
12:28:32 AM
Hey I got that comic!
by Iron-kong
Jul 31st, 2008
12:30:31 AM
Venom is a weak-ass character.
by ZeroCorpse
Jul 31st, 2008
12:37:08 AM
"Should've left out Venom and the pointless Harry crap"
by the milf lover
Jul 31st, 2008
12:41:37 AM
agreed ZeroCorpse
by the milf lover
Jul 31st, 2008
12:44:03 AM
Right on Zerocorpse!
by spectrebeeyatch
Jul 31st, 2008
12:44:27 AM
it'll be carnage
by Bloo
Jul 31st, 2008
12:46:42 AM
Without Spidey to beat on, Venom is one-dimentional.
by Spacker Dave
Jul 31st, 2008
12:54:50 AM
I fucking hated Spiderman 3
by disfigurehead
Jul 31st, 2008
12:58:10 AM
Just perfect...
by onezeroone
Jul 31st, 2008
12:58:21 AM
Termintor Salvation Poster!! Hello....?
by loserguy3000
Jul 31st, 2008
01:13:42 AM
p.s. shit
by loserguy3000
Jul 31st, 2008
01:14:40 AM
Raimi blew it...
by depalma25
Jul 31st, 2008
01:31:54 AM
ack.
by samsquanch
Jul 31st, 2008
01:35:49 AM
samsquanch...
by depalma25
Jul 31st, 2008
01:40:40 AM
So it begins... Marvel to screw the pooch
by V'Shael
Jul 31st, 2008
01:41:47 AM
Wow. What a crappy idea!
by Daytripper69
Jul 31st, 2008
01:42:28 AM
VenomCop?!?
by Circean6
Jul 31st, 2008
01:44:50 AM
Spider-Man 3 was my favorite...no apologies!
by Dogmatic
Jul 31st, 2008
01:46:20 AM
Villian movie?
by JoeSixPack
Jul 31st, 2008
01:53:18 AM
won't be made
by Rupee88
Jul 31st, 2008
02:02:14 AM
Dogmatic
by Sidepocket
Jul 31st, 2008
02:04:56 AM
I enjoyed all the spidey flicks, same with all the xmen
by bongo123
Jul 31st, 2008
02:05:26 AM
Im a huge fan of Venom
by ReZourceman
Jul 31st, 2008
02:05:35 AM
Dogmatic...................
by BrainFart
Jul 31st, 2008
02:07:12 AM
How will they continue it?
by Gym
Jul 31st, 2008
02:16:57 AM
Who the hell would he fight?
by BenBraddock
Jul 31st, 2008
02:23:42 AM
Black costume stories were just a bit before my time.
by veebeeyes
Jul 31st, 2008
02:36:14 AM
This is just too much bad news to take in one
by Rufferto
Jul 31st, 2008
02:39:16 AM
By the way suckers SURPRISE
by Rufferto
Jul 31st, 2008
02:41:55 AM
Venom=Overated!!
by Stalkeye
Jul 31st, 2008
03:05:38 AM
"jump off Topher Grace and onto a bigger star"?
by newc0253
Jul 31st, 2008
03:16:39 AM
Calm the hell down fools.
by halberd
Jul 31st, 2008
03:31:00 AM
so a stand alone Venom movie...
by GavinVanDraven
Jul 31st, 2008
03:33:47 AM
and yes...
by GavinVanDraven
Jul 31st, 2008
03:39:14 AM
"bigger star?"
by cifra
Jul 31st, 2008
03:53:14 AM
Eddie Brock should be
by GavinVanDraven
Jul 31st, 2008
04:02:06 AM
Let me guess, Sony...
by DocPazuzu
Jul 31st, 2008
04:21:22 AM
In better news, John Carpenter finally directing a new film
by Paulseta
Jul 31st, 2008
04:23:58 AM
krack
by DocPazuzu
Jul 31st, 2008
04:28:04 AM
Paulseta
by DocPazuzu
Jul 31st, 2008
04:29:07 AM
It will be like BATMAN BEGINS...
by the_shogun_gunslinger
Jul 31st, 2008
04:29:44 AM
DocPazuzu
by Paulseta
Jul 31st, 2008
04:42:39 AM
Once upon a time
by kafka07
Jul 31st, 2008
05:05:44 AM
"dude, there's no bigger star than Topher Grace!"
by Iowa Snot Client
Jul 31st, 2008
05:06:05 AM
Spidey 3 = awful.
by Judge Briggs
Jul 31st, 2008
05:14:20 AM
no thanks.
by Obscura
Jul 31st, 2008
05:17:47 AM
as long as they keep venom out of anymore spider-man movies
by palewook
Jul 31st, 2008
05:26:46 AM
Paulseta
by DocPazuzu
Jul 31st, 2008
05:35:58 AM
New John Carpenter film!
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 31st, 2008
05:41:42 AM
Venom film
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 31st, 2008
05:45:12 AM
Lolcarpenter.
by VegasRon
Jul 31st, 2008
05:47:06 AM
SM3
by christpunchers2007
Jul 31st, 2008
06:25:37 AM
a Venom movie
by christpunchers2007
Jul 31st, 2008
06:28:28 AM
Why do Sony love fucking things up?
by ReZourceman
Jul 31st, 2008
06:28:36 AM
It's simple.....
by johnyaztec
Jul 31st, 2008
06:50:09 AM
This would seem a wise way to relaunch the killed film franchise
by Smashing
Jul 31st, 2008
06:51:00 AM
VegasRon
by Paulseta
Jul 31st, 2008
07:15:22 AM
Venom is a lap dog
by StrokerX
Jul 31st, 2008
07:29:21 AM
fucking shit!
by Mr_X
Jul 31st, 2008
07:31:39 AM
Venom was an artifact from the 90s.
by BrandonGK
Jul 31st, 2008
07:34:21 AM
Jeez
by Knuckleduster
Jul 31st, 2008
07:45:21 AM
Wake up Hollywood, the market is saturated...
by FlickaPoo
Jul 31st, 2008
07:50:28 AM
Who cares
by grendel69
Jul 31st, 2008
08:20:18 AM
raimi didnt wanna touch venom..
by Obscura
Jul 31st, 2008
08:24:51 AM
This is how it's going to go
by terry1978
Jul 31st, 2008
08:30:32 AM
I want CAPTAIN AMERICA!
by batzilla
Jul 31st, 2008
08:31:15 AM
scraping bottom
by spidercoz
Jul 31st, 2008
08:36:15 AM
He's just a drooling monster
by GrubStreeter
Jul 31st, 2008
08:41:32 AM
TDK killed superhero movies, and thats a good thing
by BMacSmith
Jul 31st, 2008
08:45:01 AM
When is Marvel going to take over the Spiderman franchise?
by Mr Slippy Fist
Jul 31st, 2008
08:49:38 AM
This year's Little Miss Elektra
by Squashua
Jul 31st, 2008
08:56:36 AM
RE: New villain for 3rd Batman movie
by NiceGuyEddie19
Jul 31st, 2008
09:19:26 AM
And...
by NiceGuyEddie19
Jul 31st, 2008
09:21:38 AM
Let's take what ruined Spider-man 3
by Darksider
Jul 31st, 2008
09:35:57 AM
Topher's out, so I hear...
by Kid Z
Jul 31st, 2008
09:37:56 AM
ALWAYS BET ON BLACK
by IAmMrMonkey!
Jul 31st, 2008
09:39:22 AM
THANK YOU, DARK KNIGHT for...
by dead youngling
Jul 31st, 2008
09:41:07 AM
I think they should just wait 20 years
by Elemeno Pee
Jul 31st, 2008
09:41:14 AM
.... and make The Spider Knight Returns
by Elemeno Pee
Jul 31st, 2008
09:42:16 AM
The Dark Knight is fucking overrated.
by Darksider
Jul 31st, 2008
09:43:45 AM
They jumped the shark with Spidey 3
by irrelevntelefant
Jul 31st, 2008
09:44:52 AM
and now they are raping the shark with Venom!
by irrelevntelefant
Jul 31st, 2008
09:45:14 AM
The problem with Spiderman 3...
by Elemeno Pee
Jul 31st, 2008
09:45:44 AM
Spiderman movies were SHIT. Venom will be the shit of shit.
by Hint_of_Smegma
Jul 31st, 2008
09:52:50 AM
As I watched S3, I thought of that scene in Jay and Silent Bob
by irrelevntelefant
Jul 31st, 2008
09:54:03 AM
Could work IF...
by Cletus Van Damme
Jul 31st, 2008
09:59:28 AM
Wloverine Lobo fight was totally played for laughs
by CrichtonAstronut
Jul 31st, 2008
09:59:36 AM
I smell Direct-to-DVD
by Hjermsted
Jul 31st, 2008
10:02:50 AM
speaking of Jack Black,
by snowtires
Jul 31st, 2008
10:10:55 AM
A Hal Jordan GL movie would kick all sorts of ass...
by irrelevntelefant
Jul 31st, 2008
10:18:30 AM
...and at the end Nick Fury shows up
by chrth
Jul 31st, 2008
10:19:53 AM
am i the only one who likes Topher Grace?
by Magic Rat
Jul 31st, 2008
11:03:48 AM
Banzai
by Abominable Snowcone
Jul 31st, 2008
11:06:06 AM
No Magic Rat
by Racer Z
Jul 31st, 2008
11:22:36 AM
Lame 90s anti-heroes
by Adelai Niska
Jul 31st, 2008
11:27:35 AM
Abom!
by toadkillerdog
Jul 31st, 2008
11:28:01 AM
all I wanted
by redkamel
Jul 31st, 2008
11:36:34 AM
I imagine the phrases 'extreme' and 'to the max'
by smackfu
Jul 31st, 2008
12:13:54 PM
The Problem with Venom is that its not a good character with dep
by wowsah156
Jul 31st, 2008
12:17:37 PM
Instead of a Venom movie,
by oisin5199
Jul 31st, 2008
12:22:29 PM
If it's got to be a Spidey villain/antihero:
by ZeroCorpse
Jul 31st, 2008
12:30:07 PM
Doubting this will get made
by BizarroJerry
Jul 31st, 2008
12:30:15 PM
Agreed: Thunderbolts is good.
by ZeroCorpse
Jul 31st, 2008
12:35:47 PM
Hey Depalma dude
by samsquanch
Jul 31st, 2008
12:38:19 PM
I was a huge spidey fan until that piece of shit 3
by DarfurFTW
Jul 31st, 2008
12:40:04 PM
Can we reboot spidet 3 like they did for Hulk?
by fiester
Jul 31st, 2008
01:16:37 PM
Remember...
by DocPazuzu
Jul 31st, 2008
01:42:19 PM
Venom + Leguizamo =
by ArcadianDS
Jul 31st, 2008
01:45:58 PM
damn spidey films..
by 1st and only
Jul 31st, 2008
01:56:25 PM
No more comic book movies, please
by drewlicious
Jul 31st, 2008
02:44:06 PM
Spidey 3 killed any interest in any possible ....
by Violator90
Jul 31st, 2008
02:47:18 PM
Not the dancing
by danthemagnum
Jul 31st, 2008
02:57:30 PM
Spiderman 3 is cool!
by pokadoo
Jul 31st, 2008
03:12:31 PM
Never mind Jack Black as GL...
by Kid Z
Jul 31st, 2008
03:15:44 PM
Crap that bugged me about Spidey 3...
by Kid Z
Jul 31st, 2008
03:23:16 PM
Shit
by Second Try
Jul 31st, 2008
03:41:32 PM
That '70s Kids ranking
by Chief Joseph
Jul 31st, 2008
03:51:07 PM
New Carp? Hmmmmm...
by Darth Macchio
Jul 31st, 2008
04:05:29 PM
Note to studios: Iron Man and Dark Knight were not
by CreasyBear
Jul 31st, 2008
04:23:36 PM
Venom got short ended in the last film
by zooch
Jul 31st, 2008
05:31:17 PM
CreasyBear
by chipps
Jul 31st, 2008
05:47:56 PM
Instead of Venom...
by BRIANiac5
Jul 31st, 2008
06:13:50 PM
Banzai Rootskibango
by Phategod2
Jul 31st, 2008
06:20:29 PM
Only way this works
by MarsFalls
Jul 31st, 2008
07:06:30 PM
I'd rather see a Silver Surfer movie, please.
by hesiod2k
Jul 31st, 2008
08:01:41 PM
Mac Gargan for the win
by Detective_Fingerling
Jul 31st, 2008
09:06:09 PM
Split Second
by huggerorange
Jul 31st, 2008
09:41:33 PM

by huggerorange
Jul 31st, 2008
09:46:05 PM
it's gonnna take ALOT to convince fans to see this
by BurgerKing
Jul 31st, 2008
10:27:48 PM
Somehow...Sony is going to mess this up
by Diddypop5996
Aug 1st, 2008
12:08:23 AM
Spiderman 3 last third was horrible...
by SlickyVonBoner
Aug 1st, 2008
12:49:00 AM
oh almost forgot...
by SlickyVonBoner
Aug 1st, 2008
12:50:13 AM
still not as bad as IJ:KOTCS though
by SlickyVonBoner
Aug 1st, 2008
12:51:45 AM
Sidepocket and Brainfart......
by Dogmatic
Aug 1st, 2008
01:59:41 AM
Batman 3 rumor: Depp as Riddler
by onezeroone
Aug 1st, 2008
04:55:47 AM
jonathon violence
by 1st and only
Aug 1st, 2008
05:40:52 AM
"Revenge Jazz Dance"
by nukethefridge
Aug 1st, 2008
07:14:47 AM

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