One of the most popular and widely known characters from theSpider-Manuniverse is undoubtedly Venom.
Steve recently spoke with Reese and Wernick in anticipation of the release of the sequelG.I.
Joe: Retaliation, which they wrote, and the duo talked about their proposedVenomfilm.
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A long time ago, and it likely will not become a movie in that form.
Wernick: Yeah it was definitely kind of dark and soul search-y.
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We love it and were proud of it.
Reese: Eddie Brock was a conflicted character, and so I dont think it couldve been Peter Parker.
There was a really cool sequence like that in there.
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Look for Steves full interview with the screenwriters later this week.
If you missed what Reese and Wernick told Steve about theirDeadpoolscript,click here.
Steve: If Im not mistaken, you guys did a draft ofVenom.
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PAUL WERNICK: We did.
A long time ago, and it likely will not become a movie in that form.
RHETT REESE: Realistic, grounded, a little more dark take on the character.
WERNICK: Yeah it was definitely kind of dark and soul search-y.
We love it and were proud of it.
REESE: Eddie Brock was a conflicted character, and so I dont think it couldve been Peter Parker.
Did you guys walk away from the script and say,We nailed this?
Or were you like We got pretty close?
WERNICK: (laughs)Deadpoolis the one we really did nail more than any other.
Thats our favorite script.
ButVenomI thought we got darn close.
You never know exactly why something works or it doesnt, and its never your call.
I mean so many times our job is about convincing people to trust us.
You never really know why a project goes forward or it doesnt.
WERNICK: We pitched it.
We pitched it just like we didG.I.
Eventually one day youll have to tell me what it was.
There was a really cool sequence like that in there.
REESE: We gotta use that at some point.
WERNICK: We do have to use that, except its pretty specific to the symbiote.
