After negotiating for joint custody of Peter Parker with Marvel-Disney, the studio started planning a villain-y spinoff series which would eventually involve Spider-Man character Venom.
Today, Sony has fast-tracked their Venom movie, which is now set for an October 2018 release date.
The Wrap reports that after today’s shakeup which involved Aquaman’s release being pushed back to December of that year due to James Cameron’s perpetually-in-pre-production Avatar 2, Sony snatched up Aquaman’s previous date, October 5, 2018, for Venom.
The spinoff will focus on the super-antihero, and hopes to launch a series of films disconnected from Tom Holland’s Spider-Man movies.