2018’s Venom may have disappointed critics but audiences loved it. The film grossed $856 million at the box office, making that teaser scene featuring Woody Harrelson’s Cletus Kasady/Carnage certain to lead to a sequel. But for a while, things went quiet on Venom 2. In retrospect, this may have been a result of behind-the-scenes negotiations on the future of Spider-Man in the MCU, but we now know that the film is set to shoot early next year and is targeting an October 1st, 2020 release date.

We also now have an indication as to who else will be in the movie, as Deadline is reporting that “two sources close to the project” have told them that Shriek will feature as the pic’s second villain. First appearing in 1993, Shriek is Carnage’s lover, an insane supervillainess with psychic abilities and sound manipulation powers that make her a deadly foe for any symbiote. She was introduced as a patient in the Ravencroft mental institution and was released by Carnage during his own escape. The homicidal pair hit it off and soon went on a killing spree, with Shriek using her powers to force innocent people to murder one another. What a lovely couple, eh?

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