Venom Carnage Officially Announced

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Even though "Spider-Man 4" is already in the works, Sony Pictures is still proceeding with a "Venom" spin-off, which would focus on the villain previously played by Topher Grace in "Spider-Man 3."

Screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who are working on Sony's "Zombieland," are writing the "Venom" script. While they refuse to give away any details, they do feel the pressure with handling the property.

"It's terrifying. It's source material that everyone knows and everybody's familiar with, and everybody loves," Reese told FirstShowing. "And so there's a burden on you to meet the expectations of people. With 'Zombieland,' you just come out of left field, and they like or they don't. They're not going to feel pissed if you f*ck it up."

There is no doubt that "Venom" would be a big earner, but "Amazing Spider-Man" comics' Todd McFarlane believes that a film based on a villain would likely not be very good.

"I'm thinking about how they want to make anti-heroes nowadays," he said, citing Halle Berry's disastrous turn in "Catwoman" as an example. "Those don't work. The reason they're so cool as a bad guy is because they're bad. And as soon as you try to give too much humanity to them, then you go, 'No! Now they're not as good as a bad guy because you're trying to redeem them'."