“Maximum Carnage” is upon us as sources tell Deadline that another villain has been brought in alongside Carnage for Sony’s upcoming Venom sequel.

The site reports that the Marvel Comics character called Shriek has been incorporated into the plot of Venom 2.

As the site notes, “The addition of Shriek is a logical choice considering the character’s history in the pages of Marvel Comics as the sonic-powered accomplice and romantic interest of serial killer Cletus Kasaday, aka Carnage, the monstrous archenemy of Venom.”

She is the first of the Carnage “family” that appeared in the “Maximum Carnage” crossover, which eventually leads to the involvement of Spider-Man (Venom 3 maybe?). Could this imply that the duo will be joined by Demogoblin, Doppelganger, and Carrion?

The site explains Shriek’s origins: “A drug dealer named Frances Barrison became the volatile Shriek after severe trauma allow her latent mutant powers to emerge. In the comics, those powers include sonic energy blasts, flight, and the ability to stir up dark and violent emotions in others.”

The addition of “She-Carnage” is interesting because Michelle Williams is returning in Venom 2 after making a brief appearance as “She-Venom”.

Andy Serkis directs this time around with Tom Hardy returning as Eddie Brock/Venom, “an abrasive journalist who comes in contact with an extraterrestrial organism that melds to his body to create the toothy super-powered beast called Venom.”

“Maximum Carnage” bonds with audiences on October 2, 2020.