Tom Hardy Has a Story Credit For Venom: Let There Be Carnage

When Venom: Let There Be Carnage arrives later this year, it will feature a story credit for star Tom Hardy. Screenwriter Kelly Marcel spoke with Empire Online about the movie and explained how much work Hardy has put into the narrative of the film.

“This is new for him, to get credit,” Marcel told the site, noting that she’s collaborated with Hardy for nearly 20 years. “But it’s not new for him to be this involved. He’s absolutely 100% committed to everything that he does … He’s married to Venom. He loves this character. He’s very involved in what he thinks should happen.”

She noted that Hardy’s contributions came in how they had hefty conversations regarding how the story goes, saying, “He doesn’t get a pen and write. We spent months breaking the story together on FaceTime, riffing on ideas, seeing what worked, seeing what didn’t. Then I took everything we spoke about and holed up somewhere for three months quietly, knocking out a script.”

The sequel stars Hardy as Eddie Brock as well as Woody Harrelson as Cletus Kasady aka Carnage, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott, Naomie Harris, Stephen Graham, Sean Delaney, and Larry Olubamiwo. It is set to release on September 24th.