<P> Venom is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name , produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing . It is intended to be the first film in Sony 's Marvel Universe and not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) . The film is directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner , Kelly Marcel , and Will Beall , and stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom , alongside Michelle Williams , Riz Ahmed , Scott Haze , and Reid Scott . In Venom , journalist Brock is bound to an alien symbiote that gives him super-human abilities and a fearsome alter - ego : `` Venom '' . </P>
<P> Venom is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name , produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing . It is intended to be the first film in Sony 's Marvel Universe and not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) . The film is directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner , Kelly Marcel , and Will Beall , and stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom , alongside Michelle Williams , Riz Ahmed , Scott Haze , and Reid Scott . In Venom , journalist Brock is bound to an alien symbiote that gives him super-human abilities and a fearsome alter - ego : `` Venom '' . </P>
who plays the voice of venom in the new movie
who plays the voice of venom in the new movie
Tom Hardy
Tom Hardy