During Sony’s presentation at Comic Con Experience 2017 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the star of the Venom movie, Tom Hardy, spoke to the crowd in a message recorded from the film’s set in Atlanta. Hardy promised to do the character of Venom justice and bring lots of action and dark humor to the role. He also stated that the film was important to the Marvel universe and that it would be inspired by the Venom: Lethal Protector miniseries. [...] San Francisco as the setting of the Venom movie was also confirmed by Hardy.
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