Venom 2 delayed to summer 2021, officially subtitled Let There Be Carnage

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June 2021 is time to Let There Be Carnage

Venom 2 director Andy Serkis
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Venom 2 is now coming in June 2021, and we finally know the sequel's official title.

Variety shared a report that Sony has officially pushed Venom: Let There Be Carnage from its original release date of October 2, 2020 to June 25, 2021. While that means it's the latest film in a string of movies and TV shows to be delayed due coronavirus concerns (there's already getting to be a pileup of former summer movies aiming for the end of the year), it also confirms that the superpowered anti-hero sequel directed by Andy Serkis will have a starring role for Carnage.

As was teased at the end of Venom (spoiler alert), Woody Harrelson's Cletus Kasady becomes the host for another symbiote called Carnage. Tom Hardy is set to reprise his role as Eddie Brock, the host for Venom. Stephen Graham was also confirmed for the cast late last year, along with reports that Venom 2 may target an R-rating in response to the success of Joker.

"What Joker does is it tells you that you can succeed," producer Matt Tolbach told Joblo at the time. "For a very long time, that was the narrative. And Deadpool sort of wrestled that to the turf, and then Logan, but for a long time, that was considered totally forbidden. So you know, I think it's the greatest thing in the world that R-rated movies are being embraced by massive audiences. And it just means that there are more opportunities for that kind of storytelling."

While we dream, check out our ranked listing of the best Spider-Man movies. 

Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan
Former GamesRadar+ News Writer

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar+.