Venom: Let There Be Carnage release delayed until September

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Theatres in Los Angeles and New York are re-opening in stages, and we're seeing studios that are eager to get the movie-going experience rolling again shuffle their release dates once more. For example, Paramount recently felt confident enough to move the release of A Quiet Place Part II forward from September to May 28th. Universal decided that June 25th was the right date for the latest Fast and Furious movie. And since June 25th is the date Sony had already chosen for the Marvel Comics-inspired Venom (watch it HERE) sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage, that movie has now been delayed. The release of Venom: Let There Be Carnage has been pushed back three months to September 17th.

We'll be seeing this movie before another Sony/Marvel project, Morbius, which was originally supposed to reach theatres first. Morbius was recently bumped all the way back to January 21, 2022.

Directed by Andy Serkis from a screenplay by Kelly Marcel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage stars Tom Hardy (who apparently worked on the script as well) as journalist Eddie Brock, who becomes the anti-hero Venom when coated with an alien symbiote; Woody Harrelson as serial killer Cletus Kasady, who becomes the symbiote-coated villain Carnage; Michelle Williams as Eddie's ex Anne; Naomie Harris as Carnage's accomplice Shriek; Reid Scott as Doctor Dan Lewis, Anne's boyfriend; and Stephen Graham and Sean Delaney in unspecified roles.

Graham has been rumored to be playing Detective Patrick Mulligan. In the comics, Mulligan gets a symbiote of his own (these things are everywhere) and becomes a character called Toxin, "more powerful than Venom and Carnage combined".

An official synopsis for Venom: Let There Be Carnage has not yet been unveiled. When the film reaches theatres, it's expected to have "the full suite of 3D, IMAX, and premium large format screens".