Per Deadline, Ruben Fleischer will direct Venom, which explores the story of the classic Spider-Man villain — though this film will not be related to Sony and Marvel’s highly-anticipated Spider-Man: Homecoming, which hits theaters this summer.
That’s not all: Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer will direct the movie, which is reportedly not a spinoff from Spider-Man: Homecoming, but a standalone project of sorts.
In news that clearly came from the farthest depths of left field, Tom Hardy has been cast as the lead in Venom, Sony’s upcoming film about the famous Spider-Man villain.
*Muffled Bane* “When my symbiote strangles you to death, then you have my permission to die.”