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Tom Hardy to play Eddie Brock in Sony's 'Venom' movie

By Karen Butler
Actor Tom Hardy, right, and Charlotte Riley arrive on the red carpet for the 88th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on February 28, 2016. Hardy is to play Venom in a new Sony film. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actor Tom Hardy, right, and Charlotte Riley arrive on the red carpet for the 88th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on February 28, 2016. Hardy is to play Venom in a new Sony film. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

May 19 (UPI) -- British actor Tom Hardy, who played Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, has landed another villainous role in a big-screen, comic-book adaptation.

"Tom Hardy is Eddie Brock in #Venom, the upcoming film from Sony's Marvel Universe releasing October 5, 2018 -- production starts this fall," Sony Pictures tweeted Friday.

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Topher Grace previously played Brock/Venom in the 2007 movie Spider-Man 3.

The Dark Knight Rises was part of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, which was based on DC Universe comics.

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