Following this week’s Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer, Sony announces that Neighbors and Baywatch star Zac Efron has been cast for the lead role of Eddie Brock in the Venom spinoff movie. Venom had languished in production hell for several years, following the collapse of the studio’s planned Spider-Man shared universe (which was set to include the Venom project, Amazing Spider-Man sequels, and a Sinister Six team-up movie). Originally, Transformers and Star Trek writer Alex Kurtzman was attached to helm Venom, with Drew Goddard (now executive producing the Marvel Netflix series) in charge of Sinister Six.
Nevertheless, after the panning of Amazing Spider-Man 2, which received harsh criticism for trying to setup ...
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