‘Venom 3’ Gets Title & Earlier Fall Theatrical Release

Sony on Tuesday said its third movie in the Venom franchise now has a name and a new release date: It’s called Venom: The Last Dance, and it’s now opening October 25 this year, not November 8.

The threequel will screen in Imax and on PLFs.

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Kelly Marcel directs Tom Hardy, who plays the black widow creature for a third time. Marcel also wrote the screenplay with a story she co-penned with Hardy. Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, Hutch Parker, Marcel and Hardy are producing.

Juno Temple and Chiwetel Ejiofor also star.

Venom 3 moves away from 20th Century Studios’ The Amateur and lands on the same theatrical release date as Universal/Blumhouse’s The Wolfman and Cinedigm’s Terrifier 3.

All in, the previous two Venom movies have grossed $1.36 billion at the global box office.

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