Venom is a 2018 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel[5] and Tencent Pictures. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the first film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU). Directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, and Kelly Marcel, it stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock and Venom alongside Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, and Reid Scott. In the film, struggling journalist Brock gains superpowers after becoming the host of an alien symbiote, Venom, whose species plans to invade Earth.

Directed by
Ruben Fleischer
Screenplay by
Jeff Pinkner
Scott Rosenberg
Kelly Marcel
Story by
Jeff Pinkner
Scott Rosenberg
Based on
Marvel Comics
Produced by
Avi Arad
Matt Tolmach
Amy Pascal
Starring
Tom Hardy
Michelle Williams
Riz Ahmed
Scott Haze
Reid Scott
Cinematography
Matthew Libatique
Edited by
Maryann Brandon
Alan Baumgarten
Music by
Ludwig Göransson
Production
companies
Columbia Pictures
Marvel Entertainment
Tencent Pictures
Arad Productions[1]
Matt Tolmach Productions[1]
Pascal Pictures[1]
Distributed by
Sony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
October 1, 2018 (Regency Village Theater)
October 5, 2018 (United States)
Running time
112 minutes[2]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$100–116 million[3]
Box office
$856.1 million



Venom
CBFC: U/A 2018 ‧ Action/Sci-fi ‧ 1h 52m
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6.6/10
IMDb
30%
Rotten Tomatoes
35%
Metacritic
86% liked this film
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While trying to take down Carlton, the CEO of Life Foundation, Eddie, a journalist, investigates experiments of human trials. Unwittingly, he gets merged with a symbiotic alien with lethal abilities.
Release date: 5 October 2018 (India)
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Casting director: John Papsidera
Box office: 85.61 crores USD
Producers: Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Matt Tolmach, Edward Cheng
Screenplay: Kelly Marcel, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg