Sony's 'Venom 3' Gets Official Release Date; Delays 'Beyond the Spider-Verse' Indefinitely And Shifts Other Films

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Los Angeles, July 29 - Sony Pictures set to debut a Venom movie in the summer season for the first time as Tom Hardy's "Venom 3" has been confirmed to hit big screens on July 12, 2024. The first two movies, "Venom", and "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" opened in the month of October in 2018 and 2021, respectively.

"Venom 3" release date puts in-between Disney's "Mufasa: The Lion King" (July 5, 2024) and Universal Pictures' "Twisters" (July 19, 2024). Tom Hardy has written the script for the third Venom installment with Kelly Marcel, who is also stepping into the director's chair to helm the Marvel superhero movie.



The first Venom movie was highly successful, grossing $856 million at the worldwide box office. The sequel was released during the covid-19 pandemic and still grossed $502 million. Interestingly, "Venom 2" had a bigger opening with a $90 million opening weekend in North America as compared to its predecessor's $80 million start.

Apart from the setting "Venom 3" release date, Sony made several major changes to its release calendar, including delaying "Kraven the Hunter" to August 30, 2024, from October this year and a "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" sequel to March 29, 2024, from December this year.

Meanwhile, "Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse", which was supposed to hit screens on March 29, 2024, has now been postponed indefinitely by the studio due to SAG-AFTRA's strike. Dakota Johnson-led Sony's superhero movie "Madame Web", was pushed up by two days and will now be hitting cinemas on February 14, 2024, on Valentine's Day. The studio also confirmed "Bad Boys 4" for June 14, 2024, release.