Sony Pictures is the first to flinch after a brief date standoff with Universal Pictures’ Halloween Kills and will now release Venom: Let There Be Carnage exclusively in theaters on October 1st. The studio is putting some huge weight into the release, touting a 3D release alongside the film taking over all IMAX screens.
In 2018, Venom grossed over $850 million worldwide and officially launched Sony Pictures’ own universe of Marvel characters.
Venom 2 is directed this time by Andy Serkis with Tom Hardy returning as Eddie Brock, who is of course also the alien symbiote known as Venom. Woody Harrelson, who popped up as Cletus Kasady in the first film’s post-credits scene, ultimately becomes Carnage in the film.
Michelle Williams is also back, with Naomie Harris co-starring as Shriek.
The film is rated PG-13 for “intense sequences of violence and action, some strong language, disturbing material and suggestive references.”