Venom, Spider-Man's arch-enemy, to get his own spin-off film

Sony Pictures announces supervillain adventure will hit cinemas in October 2018 but no word on casting

Spider-Man’s nemesis Venom is to appear in his own standalone film, due in cinemas in October next year.

Variety reports that the enemy of Marvel’s web-slinging superhero will be brought to the big screen by Sony Pictures. There’s no word on who will play the sharp-fanged villain, but screenwriters Scott Rosenberg (High Fidelity) and Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) will write the script. The film will be released on 5 October.

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