Woody Harrelson Returns for Venom 2, Will We See Carnage?

Woody Harrelson will reprise his role as Cletus Kasady inVenom 2. It was assumed that he would be returning, but the sequel’s cinematographer, Robert Richardson, has just confirmed it’s officially happening. It was recently revealed that motion capture master Andy Serkis will be taking on the directorial duties this time around and that star Tom Hardy had some input in the screenwriting process. It’s Hardy’s hope thatVenom 2will be able to land an R-rating, which the first installment was not able to do.

Robert Richardson has been attached to a number of movies over the past few years, including Ben Affleck’s take onThe Batman. After that very-public fallout, the cinematographer expressed his desire to make a comic book movie.Venom 2has given Richardson his wish. He had this to say about the sequel.

“They sent me a script and I felt like, yeah, I would say yes anyway to Andy (Serkis) just because I would say yes to Andy, but I also think it’s a great… I think it’s unexplored yet, and it’s going to explode, and this film, I think, will help it explode, because you have a remarkable central character with Venom. But now you’ve gotWoody Harrelson, who’s going to obviously make his own little entrance here, and we’ll see what else comes in with the Sony Marvel collaboration.”

It’s believed that Woody Harrelson will be taking on the role ofCarnage, which is what Marvel fans have been waiting for. WhileVenomwas an unexpected box office success, it wasn’t exactly what comic book fans were hoping for. It looks like Tom Hardy and Andy Serkis are trying to remedy that situation forVenom 2. When looking at Robert Richardson’s comments about Sony and Marvel, it’s easy to see that this discussion happened before the Sony and Marvel Studios relationship took a nosedive.

Sony and Marvel Studios have parted ways, which meansTom Holland’s Spider-Man will no longer be in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, unless they strike a deal in the near future. With that being said, it may be a lot easier to seeSpider-ManandVenomin the same movie, though that more than likely isn’t going to happen inVenom 2. Marvel fans were hoping Holland was going to have a cameo in the first movie, but that did not end up happening.

Venom 2is supposed to start production by the end of this year to make its fall 2020 release date. With the Marvel Studios and Sony falling out, it looks like the world ofVenomcould potentially get pretty exciting in the next few years. For now, we’ll just have to wait and see what happens when the dust finally settles. MCU fans are still holding out hope the studios will come to an agreement. The Woody Harrelson andVenom 2news was first reported byCollider.