Director Andy Serkis explains the process behind Venom's live-action adaptation and praises Tom Hardy's influence on Sony's Venom movies. While Sony's Venom movies got decreasing numbers at the worldwide box office, the Venom trilogy is certainly the most successful Marvel property in Sony's Spider-Man Universe. Venom's popularity in the comic books played a key role in the films' success, but their action, visual effects, and Tom Hardy's performance also captured audiences.

At Fan Expo Philadelphia 2025, Venom: Let There Be Carnage director Andy Serkis explained that Tom Hardy first recorded Venom's lines before deciding where in the scene the symbiote would be. Then, Serkis would arrange the framing with Hardy and film each scene with Venom's position in mind. Read Andy Serkis' full comments below:

Andy Serkis: "Tom [Hardy] is so brilliantly inventive, and his process for creating Venom was to record Venom’s dialogue and then be...