Sony Pictures’ Venom is apparently moving right along in production, despite the fact that it’s neither a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe nor connected to Sony’s current Spider-Man franchise. The folks behind the film released the first official photo of Tom Hardy as the titular anti-hero today, but it might not be what you were hoping for.
Our first look at Tom Hardy in Venom is not what the people want
IN Venom but not AS Venom
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Susana Polo is a senior entertainment writer at Polygon, specializing in pop culture and genre fare, with a primary expertise in comic books. Previously, she founded The Mary Sue.
When a movie production offers you a first look at Tom Hardy in Venom, it wouldn’t be too much to expect a look at the Symbiote itself, in all its toothéd and oozing midnight glory. Instead, Sony offered this, first revealed on IGN:
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Well, it is technically Tom Hardy in Venom. It’s just Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, the merely human half of the interstellar partnership between a washed up tabloid reporter and a murderous alien parasite.
Don’t you know, Sony? People aren’t into the tight bods of actors like Hardy right now. They’re into fishmen and — OK, also fishpeople. The people want monsters, Sony. Give the people what they want.
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