Just hours after a fan theory surfaced suggesting that upcoming sci-fi thrillerLifeis actually aVenom origin story, Sony Pictures has set a release date for theirSpider-Manspin-off. The movie will hit theaters June 16, 2025, the same date thatAquamanjust vacated hours ago. The studio also pushingThe Girl in the Spider’s Webfrom June 19, 2025 to August 13, 2025. Sony also announced thatAlex Kurtzmanwill direct the Venom standalone movie.
The news comes fromERC Box Office’s Twitter, which arrives just a few weeks after we reported that thisVenom moviewas getting back on track, withDante Harper(Edge of Tomorrow,Alien: Covenant) writing the script. That report revealed the project will have no connection toSpider-Man: Homecoming, with the studio hoping to launch their own Spider-Verse franchise after this movie comes out.Alex Kurtzman’s involvement is not terribly surprising, since he was originally set to directVenombefore Sony rebootedSpider-Manalongside Marvel.
AfterThe Amazing Spider-Man 2came out in 2014, Sony was developingThe Sinister SixandVenomspin-offs, withDrew Goddardattached toThe Sinister SixandAlex Kurtzmanattached toVenom. Both of those projects stalled, as did a sequel toThe Amazing Spider-Man 2, with the studio eventually announcing its deal with Marvel, which finally broughtSpider-Maninto the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a shared rights deal. While the studios focused on casting the new Spidey, with the role eventually going toTom Holland, the spin-offs floundered, although there was talk they could re-surface again.
A few months ago, Sony Pictures’Tom Rothmanteased that there will be “real news” about theSpider-Man spin-offssoon, as opposed to the usual speculation. These spin-offs will not be connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe at all, but even thoughVenomis moving forward, it isn’t clear yet ifThe Sinister Sixwill be another one of these new spin-offs, or of the studio will be developing new characters for these spin-offs. There was a report from last year, however, that claimedThe Sinister Sixspin-off will actually be produced at Marvel Studios, instead of Sony Pictures, but that hasn’t been confirmed.
TheVenomcharacter was created in 1988 byDavid Micheline, with artwork provided byTodd McFarlaneandMike Zeck.Venomis analien symbiotethat needs a human host to survive, which provides the human with incredible powers. The character was originally conceived as a villain, but he became an anti-hero and almost a bona fide good guy in a lengthy stretch of the comics. The current Marvel Comics portray Eddie Brock/Venom as a villain who has teamed up with Flash Thompson, Peter Parker’s old high school nemesis who now works as a government agent.Alex Kurtzmanmade his directorial debut with the 2012 dramaPeople Like Us, which he will follow up this summer with Universal’sThe Mummyreboot. Take a look at these tweets from ERC Box Office which reveals theVenomrelease date and director.
