Hollywood Reporter announced that the Venom movie is not a spin-off of the Marvel Spider-Man movie, it’s actually the first movie after Spider-Man from its Marvel Universe of characters.
In addition to appearing in the comics with Spider-Man, Venom has also been with Iron Man, Deadpool, Hulk, and many more Marvel characters.
A movie based on Marvel Comics character Venom has been announced with Tom Hardy starring.
Venom first appeared in the The Amazing Spider-Man #252 in 1984 as a symbiote suit that Spider-Man wore.