Sony's 'Venom' will be R-rated and jump start their own cinematic universe

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Can’t say you didn’t see this coming. Just a week after the announcement of Sony producing a Venom movie for the studio, Collider is reporting that the film will be rated-R and jump start their own cinematic universe revolving around the Spider-Man characters. Sony and Marvel Studios currently have a deal in which Tom Holland’s Spider-Man can appear on screen in MCU films but Sony is capitalizing on their catalog of characters they have rights to use which is upwards of 900 Marvel characters.

            This announcement for Venom comes hot on the heels of the studio announcing the writing of a script for a movie following fellow Spider-Man characters, Black Cat and Silver Sable which will be written by Chris Yost (Thor: Ragnarok, Thor: The Dark World). Venom will be written by Dante Harper (Alien: Covenant) and will look to take advantage of the recent wave of rated-R comic book movie, Deadpool and Logan. It’s important to note that Sony’s new Marvel Universe will NOT be connected with any of the MCU movies.

            Venom seems like a great movie to start off the new Sony Marvel Universe but what do you guys? Also, who do you think could portray Venom in the 2018 film? Comment below and let us know!