Venom 2 might be rated R!

Filming has begun on MOGLI director and LORD OF THE RINGS actor Andy Serkis' VENOM 2 with Tom Hardy. And today we have word from producer Matt Tolmach said that the sequel will consider an R-rated version due to JOKER's box office success.

Specifically, Tolmach says:

I mean, I think you always have to think about [it], now that that works. Having said that, our movie worked really well. Our franchise exists as it is, and I don't think anybody is looking to just say, ‘Hey, they [did it]!’ We have a place in the world. So it isn't like suddenly everybody's considering what to do with the rating. … I think what Joker does is it tells you that you can succeed. For a very long time, that was the narrative. And Deadpool sort of wrestled that to the turf, and then Logan, but for a long time, that was considered totally forbidden. … So you know, I think it's the greatest thing in the world that R-rated movies are being embraced by massive audiences. And it just means that there are more opportunities for that kind of storytelling.

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Tom Hardy is reprising the role of Eddie Brock in VENOM 2 along with Michelle Williams as Eddie's wife Anne, Naomie Harris as Shriek, and Woody Harrelson as Cletus Kasady / Carnage. Meanwhile, the first film was rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for language.

The original film followed the adventures of 

Eddie Brock, a broken man after he loses everything including his job and fiancee. Just when his life is at its lowest, he becomes host to an alien symbiote which results in extraordinary superpowers – transforming him into Venom. Will these powers be enough for this new lethal protector to defeat great evil forces, especially against the far stronger and more weaponized symbiote rival, Riot?

VENOM was directed by Ruben Fleischer (ZOMBIELAND) and features Tom Hardy (THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD), Michelle Williams (SPECIES), Riz Ahmed (ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY), Jenny Slate (HOTEL ARTEMIS), and Woody Harrelson (ZOMBIELAND, NATURAL BORN KILLERS). Jeff Pinkner & Scott Rosenberg and Kelly Marcel wrote the script, Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, and Amy Pascal produced.

VENOM is now available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD. Buy it HERE.