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Venom Movie Revived at Sony
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The Outsider
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Aaaaand I'm out.
Miles Quaritch
Member
So a Venom movie without Spiderman? Am I reading that right?
Why even bother, unless it features Carnage and is a hard R. I might watch it out of morbid curiosity.
Why even bother, unless it features Carnage and is a hard R. I might watch it out of morbid curiosity.
Haloid1177
Banned
Sony how are you already fucking up by allowing Arad back when you haven't even started working on the first film in the new franchise come on.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
That went well last time
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Sony gonna Sony.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Spiderman cinematic universe without Spiderman.
I'd love to watch this trainwreck unfold.
They should base it off the time she was a herald of Galactus.
And where's my standalone J. Jonah Jameson movie starring J.K. Simmons?
bananafactory
Banned
Probably because the Spider-Man movie will be MCU canon and Marvel doesn't want this one to be.
Freeza Under The Shower
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Oh look, they saw Deadpool.
Orbis Tabula
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Now that an R-rated superhero movie did well, Sony has to make an R-rated superhero movie. Good job staying ahead of the curve, Sony.
The character only works at the start when bound to Spidey. Can be spun off afterward but not putting the time in to set it up won't work, especially since his abilities are so similar.
Just copy the Eddie stuff from the Spectacular cartoon, someone did your job for you already.
Just copy the Eddie stuff from the Spectacular cartoon, someone did your job for you already.
Nostremitus
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So... There go my hopes for Agent Venom in GotG 2...
shiftplusone
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Venom Sucks.
Arad sucks.
match made in heaven.
Arrogant sony strikes again!!!!!
unless agent venom is the game they're playing, i'm out
Arad sucks.
match made in heaven.
Arrogant sony strikes again!!!!!
unless agent venom is the game they're playing, i'm out
gutter_trash
Banned
Avi Arad has learned nothing from his interference in SM3
Bingo. Literally the "If Fox can pull it off with Deadpool.... might as well give it a go!"
They've got Spider-Man all tied up with Marvel now, but they're not going to sit on the rest of their comic IP now that Fox has shown the potential value of a niche character done well.
And somehow in 2016 we still have people speculating about direct translations of comic story lines.
illmatic22
Banned
I remember reading some email about Avi Arad wanting a Venom movie because he saw Venom in a toy circular or something.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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cant wait to see the franchise they launch out of this
GekigangerV
Member
Is this Matt Tolmach guy friends with Arad? His IMDB has him as producer for "Money for Nothing" in 1995 and there is a damn near 20 year gap until "The Amazing Spider-Man" and its sequel. A Film that force Sony to deal with Marvel Studios.
Why is Arad still getting work by the way? I LOVED what he did for Marvel cartoons in the 90's, but the guy is a hack now.
Why is Arad still getting work by the way? I LOVED what he did for Marvel cartoons in the 90's, but the guy is a hack now.
Yup.
Sort of wondering why they didn't just go ahead and skip to Carnage.
NealMcCauley
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Guessing Sony will want to try their own Deadpool movie.
Pretty sure Arad at least will be involved with all Spider properties until he croaks.
Pretty sure Arad at least will be involved with all Spider properties until he croaks.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
MILK THAT IP SONY
MILK
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MILK
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What did he mean by this?
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- Introduce high school Eddie Brock in 1st movie
- Tease symbiote in Guardians of the Galaxy 2
- Give Peter the black suit in Infinity War (like Secret Wars)
- Can have Venom by 2nd movie
How hard is this to do? Feige needs to come through Sony and set 'em straight
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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He owned Toy Biz who bought Marvel out of bankruptcy. He must have gotten major Disney stock when it sold or something like that.
To be fair, I think Venom is the only Spider-Man spin-off with the potential to actually succeed as a standalone. He's the only ancillary character that feels big enough. People would eat up that Lethal Protector stuff.
Making it unrelated to Spider-Man is such an obviously awful idea that it immediately tanks any potential a Venom movie could have had, though.
Making it unrelated to Spider-Man is such an obviously awful idea that it immediately tanks any potential a Venom movie could have had, though.
No, he just happens to be a very successful producer and a big part of the reason why Marvel was able to survive the 90s.
His continued boner for Venom is still pretty funny, though.
SmackAttack
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Sony.... stop.
LongDongJunon
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Give me a fucking break.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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If they were making a Venom movie completely unrelated to Spider-Man then they probably couldn't make Flash Thompson Venom.
Well I mean I guess they could, but it would be a terrible idea.
spookyfish
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Wonder how much Rothman has to do with this ...
EDIT: HOLY SHIT. He's married to actress from Suspiria?
But... what does Venom even do without his waifu Spidey?
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