Kelly Marcel will be the director of the third installment. “Venom”According to a person with knowledge of the project, franchise
Marcel wrote the first two and produced them. “Venom” movies. The project is still in early development, with Tom Hardy returning as the lethal protector Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters. “Venom 3”Marcel and Hardy also will produce the product.
Marcel is writing the screenplay, with Marcel and Hardy as the story.
Producing are Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach and Amy Pascal.
The film earned $856 million worldwide when it was released in 2018. The sequel. “Venom: Let There Be Carnage”It was released on October 20, 2021. The worldwide earnings of $507 million (excluding China) were not included.
Famous for writing the script that was first published “Fifty Shades of Grey” movies, Marcel is attached to adapt, direct and produce Claire McFall’s novel, “Ferryman.”
“Ferryman” is the first of three books in McFall’s YA novel trilogy. The book was published by Templar in the U.K. in 2013. It won the Scottish Teen Book Award. It tells the story of Charon, an ancient Greek ferryman who carried souls to Hades.
She is represented by WME and Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in the UK.
Deadline first reported on the news.