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Sony developing 'Venom' spinoff
Word has spread quickly around the web that Sony is developing a spinoff movie for Venom, the gooey villain seen in "Spider-Man 3."
Venom's been down this road before. First appearing in 1988's The Amazing Spider-Man #300, he quickly became the web-slinger's most popular villain in ages. At least he was until he started appearing in a long line of miniseries that tried to turn him into some kind of anti-hero but only succeeded in driving the character into the ground and pretty much killing all interest in him. How close this gets to production will be a good test of how far the studios think the market for superhero movies can be pushed.
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I just can't see this working. I love Venom, but as a stand alone it seems week.
Posted by: Parry Lane | August 01, 2008 at 08:15 AM
This will not work. Venom is not a huge player in the comic world, but the Green Goblin someone else would do, but Venom? I don't know.
Posted by: Wondermann | August 03, 2008 at 08:09 PM