Spider-Man Spin-Off 'Venom' To Film In Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA — "Venom," a Spider-Man spin-off starring Tom Hardy, will be filmed largely in Atlanta, according to industry publications.

Project Casting reports that the comic-book adaptation will begin filming in Atlanta and New York on September 1.

Tom Hardy ("Inception," "The Revenant," "Mad Max: Fury Road") will star as villain-turned-antihero Venom in the film, which is set to be directed by "Zombieland" director Ruben Fleisher. The movie is reportedly set to hit theaters in the fall of 2018.

By Sony Pictures, "Venom" is set to be part of a new "Spider-Man" universe reboot. The lineup will include "Spider-Man: Homecoming," which recently filmed in Atlanta as well.

"Spider-Man: Homecoming," which will be the official launch of the Sony reboot, was shot largely at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County.

Filming also took place in downtown Atlanta, at Grady High School, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and in Atlanta's West End neighborhood.

The film is scheduled to premier in New York later this month and be released on July 7 in the United States.

There is not public word yet on where in metro Atlanta "Venom" will be filming or when calls for extras and other cast will go out.

Originally a villain in the "Spider-Man" comics, the character of Venom morphed into something of an anti-hero over the years. Venom was ranked as the 22nd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time in website IGN's list of the top 100 comic villains.

Georgia has been called the Hollywood of the South for years, and now it has supplanted the actual Hollywood as the top movie-making location, a new study says.

The findings last month by FilmL.A. showed that Georgia had 17 live-action films in production, followed by the United Kingdom with 16. California, which has been sliding in recent years, came in fourth.

Georgia has been a favorite location for movie and TV productions since the state instituted generous tax breaks for film companies that agree to shoot locally. Projects from CBS, NBC, HBO, BET and more are slated to shoot in the metro area in 2017.

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