Topher Grace was recently asked about his involvement in the planned 2012 release of "Venom" by MovieWeb: "Um, I don't know? You know, I guess," replied Grace reluctantly. We continued by asking if he had been approached at all by producers or the studio about appearing in the film? "I don't know, I haven't heard anything," he said. So just to be clear, at this time you don't plan on appearing in the film, we followed up by asking. "No, I don't think so," answered Grace. So there you have it, Grace has no intentions, right now, of returning to the part, which has been said will be more of an anti-hero than a killer or villain in the new film. The film is set for a 2012 release and will be produced by Disney Studios as part of their recent headline-making acquisition of Marvel Entertainment.
"Get this stuff off of me!"
Venom has already been through 3 screenwriters and is currently under re-write by attached director, Gary Ross. Even though Venom appeared in Sony's Spider-Man 3, Marvel retained the rights to the character. To say Topher got luke-warm reaction from fans would be an understatement. The film is said to have Venom portrayed as an Anti-Hero. There is the potential to do a visually stunning and madcap movie with Venom, especially if Carnage is involved. Hopefully this news will help calm those of us who thought the Spidey 3 version was crap(I know I did)!