Tag: Venom

  • ‘Madame Web’: What to Expect

    ‘Madame Web’: What to Expect

    Sony’s Spider-Verse continues to grow, as the studio seems committed to fleshing out this branching cinematic universe, and the next on their list is Madame Webb. Apart from the McU-adjacent Tom Holland Spider-Man films, which gave the studio its biggest hit in the form of the culmination of No Way Home in 2021, the response…

  • Did Sony Just Promise A Live-Action Miles Morales Movie Is Coming?

    Did Sony Just Promise A Live-Action Miles Morales Movie Is Coming?

    For years, fans have been wondering if Miles Morales would make his way into live-action. But if producer Amy Pascal is to be believed, that wait may soon be over.While speaking with Variety during the red carpet premiere of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” in Los Angeles last night, Pascal — who has produced all of the Tom…

  • Tales From The Box Office: Movie 43 Was An Epic Disaster … Or Was It?

    Tales From The Box Office: Movie 43 Was An Epic Disaster … Or Was It?

    (Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)There are, and always will be, movies that critics hate. It’s just the nature of the beast as it exists. And let’s be fair, general audiences oftentimes simply…

  • Piers Haggard, champion of fellow UK directors, dies aged 83

    Piers Haggard, champion of fellow UK directors, dies aged 83

    Since the 70s Haggard also campaigned to secure rights and recognition for directors.British film, television and theatre director Piers Haggard, who directed Pennies From Heaven and a campaigner for the rights of his fellow directors, has died aged 83.He began his career in television in the 1960s before directing Dennis Potter adaptation Pennies From Heaven,…

  • Michelle Williams to Receive Performer Tribute at 2022 Gotham Awards

    Michelle Williams to Receive Performer Tribute at 2022 Gotham Awards

    Four-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams will be honored at the 2022 Gotham Awards with the ceremony’s Performer Tribute.“The Fabelmans” actress will be feted during the 32nd annual Gotham Awards Ceremony on November 28. Williams, a four-time Oscar nominee, began her career as a teen star with “Dawson’s Creek” before going on to lead “My…

  • ‘Now You See Me 3’: Ruben Fleischer To Direct Next Movie In Series For Lionsgate

    ‘Now You See Me 3’: Ruben Fleischer To Direct Next Movie In Series For Lionsgate

    Does the world need another “Now You See Me” movie? After all, the last one came out in 2016 and, despite a successful pull at the box office, it didn’t win over critics. Deadline reports that Lionsgate thinks it’s okay to mine this well again, and they’ve tapped a new director to helm the franchise:…

  • Being A Leading Man Was Never A Priority For Tom Hardy

    Being A Leading Man Was Never A Priority For Tom Hardy

    Tom Hardy may be regarded as one of Hollywood’s few bonafide movie stars, but the actor has never made it a priority to be a leading man in his films. Sure, he has headlined his own superhero franchise in “Venom,” but he has rarely gone out of his way to be the sole acting powerhouse…

  • Venom’s Wild Lobster Tank Scene Came At The Insistence Of Tom Hardy

    Venom’s Wild Lobster Tank Scene Came At The Insistence Of Tom Hardy

    In Marvel comics, the character of Venom was, functionally, Spider-Man’s evil twin. The mythology surrounding Venom was far more complex, but aesthetically, Venom is little more than “evil Spider-Man.” When on the outside of its host, the glop resembles a towering, muscular man coated in black oil and possessed of a smooth, sharklike face, complete…

  • ‘Venom 3,’ ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Sequel in the Works at Sony

    ‘Venom 3,’ ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Sequel in the Works at Sony

    Get ready for more Venom.Sony Pictures has greenlit a third installment of the Tom Hardy-led “Venom” franchise, following the back-to-back box office successes of 2021’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” (502 million globally) and 2018’s “Venom” (856 million globally).The studio also announced plans for another “Ghostbusters” installment, which will serve as a follow-up to 2021’s…

  • ‘Morbius’ Box Office Feels the Bite of Terrible Reviews and a C+ Cinemascore

    ‘Morbius’ Box Office Feels the Bite of Terrible Reviews and a C+ Cinemascore

    The first weekend of April was a dud. There was reason to hope it would launch a comeback month with multiple breakout openers, but “Morbius” (Sony) failed to live up to expectations and with a must-see North Carolina/Duke basketball game competing for attention Saturday night, the box office struggled.“Morbius” is the third entry in the…