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Venom (Sony's Spider-Man Universe)
Venom is a fictional character played by Tom Hardy, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Introduced in ''Venom'' (2018), Venom is depicted as a symbiote who binds with human investigative journalist Eddie Brock after landing on Earth, with the duo subsequently becoming a vigilante jointly known by Venom's name, and later as the Lethal Protector, facing Venom's former team leader, Riot, and later Venom's son, Carnage, in combat. They are the second incarnation of the character in film, after Topher Grace and Tobey Maguire's respective portrayals of Eddie Brock and Venom and a symbiote-enveloped Spider-Man in ''Spider-Man 3'' (2007). , the character has appeared in four films: ''Venom'' (2018), '' Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' (2021), '' Venom: The Last Dance'' (2024) and an uncredited cameo appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). While Hardy's portrayal of the character in ''Venom'' was met with a mixed c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony's Spider-Man Universe
Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel Entertainment. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, the films are based on various Marvel Comics characters and properties commonly associated with the character Spider-Man, who is not prominently featured in the franchise. While other shared universes establish crossovers between entries, the films in the SSU are loosely connected, with greater emphasis on standalone storytelling over being interconnected. Sony Pictures, which owns the film rights to Spider-Man, began work on an expanded universe using supporting characters from the ''Spider-Man'' films by December 2013. The studio planned to use '' The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' (2014) to launch several spin-off films focused on Spider-Man villains from the comics, including a Venom film. After the relative critical and financial disappointment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Brock (Sony's Spider-Man Universe)
Venom is a fictional character played by Tom Hardy, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Introduced in ''Venom'' (2018), Venom is depicted as a symbiote who binds with human investigative journalist Eddie Brock after landing on Earth, with the duo subsequently becoming a vigilante jointly known by Venom's name, and later as the Lethal Protector, facing Venom's former team leader, Riot, and later Venom's son, Carnage, in combat. They are the second incarnation of the character in film, after Topher Grace and Tobey Maguire's respective portrayals of Eddie Brock and Venom and a symbiote-enveloped Spider-Man in ''Spider-Man 3'' (2007). , the character has appeared in four films: ''Venom'' (2018), '' Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' (2021), '' Venom: The Last Dance'' (2024) and an uncredited cameo appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). While Hardy's portrayal of the character in ''Venom'' was met with a mixed c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norridge, Illinois
Norridge is a village in Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, Leyden Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. The village and its neighbor to the east, Harwood Heights, Illinois, Harwood Heights, together form an enclave within the city of Chicago. Norridge is sometimes referred to as the "Island Within a City". The area that would eventually become Norridge was settled by farmers in 1830. The first names of what would become Norridge were "Goat Village", due to a local resident's goat farm, and "Swamp" due to a lack of streets and the area's swamp-like conditions. Norridge's early borders were Ozanam Ave, Olcott Avenue, Irving Park Road, and Montrose Avenue. In 1948, a local improvement association incorporated Norridge as a village, stymieing an effort by Chicago to annex the area. Name origin The name "Norridge" was suggested by resident Mrs. Link. "Nor" comes from Norwood Park Township, Cook County, Illinois, Norwood Park Township, and "Ridge" comes from the nearby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appearance, first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. Considered one of the most popular and commercially successful superheroes, he has been featured in List of Spider-Man titles, comic books, Spider-Man in television, television shows, Spider-Man in film, films, List of video games featuring Spider-Man, video games, Spider-Man in literature, novels, and plays. Spider-Man has the secret identity of Peter Benjamin Parker. Initially, Peter was depicted as a teenage high-school student and an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents, Richard and Mary Parker, died in a plane crash. Lee, Ditko, and later creators had the character deal with the struggles of adolescence and young adulthood and gave him many List of Spider-Man su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Way Home
No Way Home may refer to: Film * ''No Way Home'' (1996 film), a 1996 American crime drama film * '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'', a 2021 American superhero film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Music * "No Way Home", 2001 song by Richard Hawley on the album '' Late Night Final'' * "No Way Home", 2009 song by Richard Durand * "No Way Home", 2010 song by Authority Zero on the album '' Stories of Survival'' * "No Way Home", 2014 debut single by Boaz van de Beatz Other uses * '' NYX: No Way Home'', a 2008–2009 comics miniseries in the ''NYX'' series * "No Way Home", a 1975 episode of the television series ''Medical Center'' * ''No Way Home'', a 2020 video game developed by SMG Studio {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films, a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios. The films are based on characters that appear in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The franchise also includes List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series, several television series, short films, digital series, and literature. The shared universe, much like the original Marvel Universe in comic books, was established by Crossover (fiction), crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters. Marvel Studios releases its films in groups called "Phases", with the first three phases collectively known as "The Infinity Saga" and the following three phases as "The Multiverse Saga". The first MCU film, ''Iron Man (2008 film), Iron Man'' (2008), began Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One, Phase One, which culminated in the 2012 crossover film ''The A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameo Appearance
A cameo appearance, also called a cameo role and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief guest appearance of a well-known person or character in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake) or renowned people making uncredited appearances. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes or musicians are common. A crew member of the movie or show playing a minor role can be referred to as a cameo role as well, such as director Alfred Hitchcock who made frequent cameo appearances in his films. Concept Originally, in the 1920s, a "cameo role" meant "a small character part that stands out from the other minor parts". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' connects this with the meaning "a short literary sketch or portrait", which is based on the lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let There Be Carnage
''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' is a 2021 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Venom. The sequel to ''Venom'' (2018) and the second film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU), it was directed by Andy Serkis from a screenplay by Kelly Marcel. Tom Hardy stars as Eddie Brock and Venom alongside Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham, and Woody Harrelson. In the film, Eddie and the alien symbiote Venom must face serial killer Cletus Kasady (Harrelson) after he becomes the host of an offshoot of Venom named Carnage. ''Venom'' was intended by Sony Pictures to be the start of a new shared universe, and plans for a sequel began during production on the first film. Harrelson was cast to make a brief appearance as Cletus at the end of ''Venom'', with the intention of him becoming the villain Carnage in the sequel. Official work on the sequel began in January 2019, with Hardy and Harrelson confirmed to return along with Marcel as writer. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Man 3
''Spider-Man 3'' is a 2007 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, and Laura Ziskin Productions, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it was directed by Sam Raimi from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Ivan Raimi, Ivan and Alvin Sargent. It is the final installment in Raimi's Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy, and the sequel to ''Spider-Man (2002 film), Spider-Man'' (2002) and ''Spider-Man 2'' (2004). The film stars Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker (2002 film series character), Peter Parker / Spider-Man, alongside Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell, Rosemary Harris, and J. K. Simmons. It also marks the final acting appearance of Cliff Robertson before his retirement from acting in the same year and his subsequent death in 2011. Set a year after the events of ''Spider-Man 2'', the film follows Pete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Parker (2002 Film Series Character)
Peter Benjamin Parker, also known by his alter ego Spider-Man, is a superhero portrayed by Tobey Maguire, based on the Marvel Comics Spider-Man, character of the same name. He is the protagonist of Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man (2002 film), Spider-Man'' film in 2002, and its Spider-Man 2, two Spider-Man 3, sequels with the tie-in video games. This version of the character was followed by Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man film series), portrayal in Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man (film series), ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' duology (2012–2014), with a Peter Parker (Marvel Cinematic Universe), further iteration being portrayed by Tom Holland set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) (2016–present). Maguire reprised his role as a supporting character in the MCU film ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021), appearing as an older version of himself alongside his two successors' versions of the character. To distinguish himself from the two other versions of himself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobey Maguire
Tobias Vincent Maguire (born 27 June 1975) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for starring as Peter Parker (2002 film series character), Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man in film#Sam Raimi's trilogy, ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007), a role he later reprised in ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). Maguire was born in Los Angeles and began his career in supporting roles. His breakthrough role was as Spider-Man in the Spider-Man (2002 film), 2002 film of the same name. He reprised the role in the sequels, ''Spider-Man 2'' (2004) and ''Spider-Man 3'' (2007). Maguire would expand his career with dramatic roles in ''Seabiscuit (film), Seabiscuit'' (2003), ''The Good German'' (2006), and ''The Great Gatsby (2013 film), The Great Gatsby'' (2013). He would also start producing films, including ''25th Hour'' (2002) and ''Seabiscuit''. Maguire received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Best Actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topher Grace
Christopher John Grace ( ; born July 12, 1978), known professionally as Topher Grace, is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Eric Forman in the teen sitcom ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2005) and Eddie Brock / Venom in Sam Raimi's superhero film '' Spider-Man 3'' (2007). He has also starred in the crime drama ''Traffic'' (2000), the drama '' Mona Lisa Smile'' (2003), the romantic comedies '' Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!'' (2004), '' In Good Company'' (2004) and ''Valentine's Day'' (2010), and the action film '' Predators'' (2010). He has since had supporting roles in the science fiction film '' Interstellar'' (2014) and crime drama '' BlacKkKlansman'' (2018). From 2021 to 2023, he played the lead role in the ABC comedy series ''Home Economics''. Early life Christopher John Grace was born on July 12, 1978, in New York City, the son of Pat, an assistant to the schoolmaster of the New Canaan Country School, and John Grace, a Madison Avenue executive. He has a siste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
