ANTI HERO Venom a notorious villain but in this movie, he is an anti-hero who has a dual identity in the movie. A venom movie based on the popular Spiderman movie is scheduled to hit the cinemas on October 5. Venom is still a few months out from hitting theaters around the globe, and fans are finally getting a better look at the upcoming Sony movie, featuring a Marvel character, that does not take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. About the movie 1. Venom follows journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) who becomes infected with an alien symbiote, which takes over its human host. Brock struggles to retain his humanity and learns this symbiote gives him superhuman abilities. However, Dr. Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed) wants the symbiote for himself and will do anythi...