a b Weintraub, Steve (October 12, 2018). "Director Ruben Fleischer on 'Venom', Carnage, and Tom Hardy's Insane Performance". Collider. Archived from the original on October 17, 2018 . Retrieved October 17, 2018. Cletus Kasady is introduced writing the message "Welcome Eddie" onto the bars of his cell with his own blood while waiting for Eddie to arrive. His first comics appearance as Carnage had him do the same with his victim's, with the words "Carnage Rules!" scrawled on the walls of the crime scene. a b c D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 6, 2021). " 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' Heads To First Weekend Of October After Super 'Shang-Chi' Labor Day Stretch". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 6, 2021 . Retrieved September 11, 2021. Additionally, Peggy Lu reprises her role from the first film as convenience store owner Mrs. Chen, who briefly hosts Venom, [21] [22] Sian Webber portrays Ravencroft doctor Camille Pazzo, [23] Larry Olubamiwo appears as a Ravencroft guard, [24] and Little Simz appears as herself. [25] Footage of Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man and J. K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) appears in the mid-credits scene, with both actors uncredited. [6] Production Development Venom: Let There Be Carnage is a surprisingly sincere sequel – review". The Independent. October 14, 2021. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021 . Retrieved October 16, 2021.

Massuda, Lauren (August 2, 2021). " 'Venom 2': New Trailer Shows a Disturbing Carnage and More Venom/Eddie Buddy Comedy". Collider. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021 . Retrieved August 5, 2021. Horror Hunger: After bonding with the Venom Symbiote, Eddie finds himself overcome with a hunger for any food, even if it was thrown in the trash. Venom eventually clarifies that he needs to eat living things, preferably humans, so as not to cannibalize his host. Eddie eventually lays down some ground rules, allowing Venom to eat only bad humans.Michelle Williams as Anne Weying: A defense attorney and Eddie's ex-fiancée, who briefly hosts Venom. [10] Hughes, William (October 2, 2021). "Is Venom 2 doomed to be overshadowed by its own mid-credits scene?". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on October 3, 2021 . Retrieved October 2, 2021. Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer: Besides a single shot of the symbiote squirming around in a glass container, Venom does not appear at all in the teaser trailer. Heavyweight turned actor lands role in Marvel sequel 'Venom 2' ". World Boxing News. April 4, 2021. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021 . Retrieved April 6, 2021. Serkis was officially hired to direct the film in early August 2019, [38] partly due to his experience working with CGI and motion-capture technology as both an actor and director. [38] Soon after his hiring, Serkis said Hardy had been working closely with Marcel on the screenplay which was "centered around their take"; [39] Marcel explained that she and Hardy spent months developing ideas for the film, which is the first time he received a story credit on a project, before she then spent three months writing the screenplay herself. [40] Fleischer said he was happy to let Serkis take over the franchise following the negative critical reaction that the first film received, believing reviewers had unfairly treated the "crowdpleasing movie", potentially due to biases against Sony and towards Marvel Studios' rival superhero films. [41] By the time Serkis was hired, Hutch Parker had joined the sequel as a producer. A friend of Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman, Parker previously served as a producer for several Marvel-based films produced by 20th Century Fox. [14] [42] Pre-production

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Villain Protagonist: Averted, since the film is taking its cues from storylines where Venom is an anti-hero and isn't the villain. The visual effects team's first step was to define the look of the different symbiotes in the film, which do not have a defined body shape. Franklin explained that they wanted the creatures to be "predatory and threatening", and looked at slime molds, jellyfish, and time-lapse photography of amoeba for inspiration. The final models were blobs that could move and change shape, with soft tissue simulated on top to give the creatures an "interesting abstract quality". The symbiote is combined with Eddie by adding "tentacles" to Hardy, which was done through a hybrid of practical and visual effects. [103] The tentacles were inspired by the movement of sea creatures and scientific demonstrations of non-Newtonian fluid. Additional cameras on set accurately captured Hardy's movements so the tentacles could be integrated with his performance. A detailed digital double of Hardy was also used for the integration. [104] Other partial Venom forms include the "freak-out" form for when he is being vibrated out of Eddie, for which a "ghostly" effect was created by adding an animated version of the character on top of Hardy's performance with a vibration effect; and the "wraith" Venom, where Venom's head emerges f Thrice over does Drake establish himself as hypocritical in a single scene. He tries to comfort a homeless test subject with a biblical story about his name (despite his cynicism), talks of sacrifice (when he's not the one making the sacrifice) and promises the homeless man he won't "abandon us" ( and teams up with Riot to hand over Earth to the symbiotes).D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 30, 2020). "What Sony's Seismic Schedule Changes Of 'Morbius', 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' & More Actually Means". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 31, 2020 . Retrieved April 5, 2020. Scott, Ryan (August 7, 2019). "Tom Hardy Helped Write Venom 2, Andy Serkis Shares Sequel Update". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019 . Retrieved August 11, 2019.

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