WhenVenomhits theaters on October 5th, it will have been a long time coming.

In fact, Venom was not originally supposed to be a part of the movie.

Raimi and his cast walked away, and Sony set out to start theSpider-Manfranchise from scratch.

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Trank, meanwhile, moved on to Foxs disastrousFantastic Fourreboot.

Then in November of 2014, everything changed.

SonysVenommovie would have to go it alone.

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At long last theVenommovie now exists, with the aim to launch its own franchise.

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