Breaking: Tom Hardy Will Play Venom!

Sony Pictures has officially got Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock in their upcoming Venom movie and Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad) will be directing the movie.

Sony Pictures also released a photo of the actor wearing a Venom T-shirt, and mentioned that he is a “huge fan of Venom”:

Tom Hardy is Eddie Brock in #Venom, the upcoming film from Sony’s Marvel Universe releasing October 5, 2018 – production starts this fall. pic.twitter.com/OZQqDEvoum

— Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) May 19, 2017

Venom film is set for October 5, 2018.