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Here’s Who Riz Ahmed is Playing In ‘Venom’
It’s been rumored since day one that Riz Ahmed could be playing Cletus Kasady in the forthcoming Venom, the first of many dark Spider-Man spinoff films. It would have been a major role being that Kasady becomes Carnage, the supervillain who becomes the arch nemesis of both Peter Parker and Eddie Brock/Venom.
Well, Atlanta Filming shared a photo from the set that shows Ahmed as Dr. Carlton Drake, a Life Foundation employee who was able to surmise that the Venom symbiote contained five more “seeds” (Agony, Lasher, Riot, Phage, and Scream), and subsequently extracts them.
The film is rumored to follow two famous “Venom” storylines from the comics, one which gives birth to five more symbiotes, and another that sets up Venom to battle an all-out symbiote war.
While Drake (to my knowledge) doesn’t become a symbiote, it’s still quite possible that Ruben Fleischer‘s film adaptation turns him into Carnage anyway. This is Venom‘s biggest mystery as filming has been underway for over a month now. Who is Carnage?!
Tom Hardy stars as the title antihero alongside Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, and Jenny Slate.
Venom hits theaters on Oct. 5, 2018.
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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