Riz Ahmed is in talks to join the cast of Sony Pictures and Ruben Fleischer’s Venom movie as a Marvel Comics character.
However, Sony is still planning its own superhero universe using characters typically associated with Spider-Man – but not Spidey himself.
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It’s unclear what character Ahmed would play should he sign on to Venom, as well as how the character would fit into the overall film Fleischer and Sony are creating.