Venom (Gary Ross)

Venom is a proposed spin-off film of the Spider-Man film series. It was supposed to be directed by Gary Ross

Plot
The film was to follow up the events of Spider-Man 4 and have Venom be portrayed as the antihero of the film.

Cast

 * Topher Grace as Eddie Brock/Venom
 * Jim Carrey as Cletus Kasady/Carnage
 * Lizzy Caplan as Anne Weying

Why It Was Cancelled.

 * 1) Sony cancelled Spider-Man 4 in 2010 and all of the Spider-Man projects connected with the Sam Raimi trilogy after the failure of Spider-Man 3 and the withdrawal of Sam Raimi
 * 2) The Amazing Spider-Man was going to be made, but with a different cast and director.

Result

 * While the Gary Ross adaptation of Venom has since been discontinued, a standalone Venom film has since been revived and is set to kick off a new shared universe that is adjunct to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.


 * In 2018, A film on Venom was released with a new director, Ruben Fleischer. A sequel is in the works which will be directed by Andy Serkis due to Fleischer being unavailable while directing the Uncharted movie adaptation.

External link

 * Venom (cancelled film) on Spider-Man Films Wiki