Overview
- Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are attached to direct and are expected to produce the animated installment.
- Sony Pictures Animation has opened a writers' room, but no screenwriter is currently attached.
- Tom Hardy is understood to be involved in some capacity, though whether he will voice Venom or serve off-camera is unclear.
- Longtime Venom producers Amy Pascal, Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are likely to return, with specifics still being finalized.
- The shift to animation follows a three-film live-action run that grossed roughly $1.8 billion worldwide and suggests the new film is years away.