As the Tom Hardy-headlined Venom movie continues to move forward, the film is on the brink of bringing in an impressive new addition in the form of the Oscar-nommed Michelle Williams.

Courtesy of Variety, the Manchester by the Sea, My Week with Marilyn and, err, Halloween: H20 actress is in advanced talks with Sony Pictures to potentially play a District Attorney who could also be a love interest for Hardy’s Eddie Brock.

Previously, we’d heard reports that the movie was to feature Ann Weying, the ex-wife of Brock and someone who herself briefly became She-Venom, aka the Bride of Venom. Could it that maybe Williams is playing a new spin on Weying? Or could it maybe be that she could play a tweaked take on the comic book Dr Ashley Kafka or A.N. Other female who has ties to Eddie Brock/Venom? We guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

At present, Riz Ahmed is another name signed up to join Tom Hardy, with the rest of the cast to be fleshed-out ASAP given that the picture is booked in for an October 2018 release. Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer is on board to direct what is planned as the first of a new shared Spider-Verse of movies… that will not actually have a Spidey at this stage.

While Tom Holland’s Wall-crawler swings away in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony are working away on Venom and the Silver Sable/Black Cat team-up effort Silver and Black right now. From there, the last we’d heard was that the studio were then looking to give solo films to both Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter as they continue to expand this shared cinematic realm. Current rumblings and speculation suggest that we may – just may – see Holland’s Spider-Man drop by once he’s finished with next year’s Avengers: Infinity War, its 2019 sequel and the follow-up to this year’s Spider-Man: Homecoming.

As ever, expect more on Venom as it continues to develop.

With James Cameron currently making plans to bring the gang back together for a sixth Terminator movie, the next entry in the series has been given an official release date.

As per Paramount Pictures, the currently-untitled Terminator effort has been booked in for a July 26th, 2019 release.

What we know about the film so far is that Cameron will oversee things while Deadpool’s Tim Miller directs. Confirmed to return to the franchise are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton. Now while Das Arnold has been seen as recently as 2015’s Terminator Genisys, fan favourite Hamilton hasn’t been seen in the series since 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

In addition to this, we’re now hearing that this new movie will completely ignore anything post-T2, with Cameron himself stating, “This is a continuation of the story from Terminator 1 and Terminator 2. And we’re pretending the other films were a bad dream.” You and us both, Jim. You and us both.

Of course, the Terminator franchise has famously struggled to put out anything even remotely close to matching the brilliance of those first two movies. In hindsight, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines isn’t actually as bad as we all thought, with the dire Terminator: Salvation making T3 look like a veritable Citizen Kane by comparison. Then there’s Genisys, a follow-up that was nowhere near as bad as some of us were fearing, yet was still a major let down – not least for how it gave away it’s big reveal (John Connor’s really a Terminator, kids!) in all of its trailers!

With the rights to the Terminator franchise soon to return to Cameron, the current plan is for this next film to be the launching point for a new trilogy of pictures which will bring back plenty of familiar faces while also introducing some new blood to the franchise.

As ever, expect more on all things Terminator as we get it.

Following this week’s news that Kyle MacLachlan has joined Eli Roth’s The House With a Clock in its Walls, that film has now been given a release date and also brought in another new cast member.

As per Deadline, not only is the adaptation of John Bellairs and Edward Gorey’s 1973 book set for September 21st, 2018, but the movie has added Apocalypse Now and Knock Knock’s Colleen Camp to its ranks. Camp joins the aforementioned MacLachlan as well as Jack Black and Cate Blanchett.

Roth is on directing duties here, with Eric Kripke penning the screenplay based on the original novel. The basic premise centres on a 10-year-old orphan who finds a whole world of hidden passageways, magic and, of course, danger in his uncle’s house.

While it would’ve taken a flop of monumental proportions to stop the follow-up to Andy Muschietti’s IT from happening, said sequel has now been given an official release date.

Seemingly titled simply IT: Part 2 at this stage, the second part of Muschietti’s Stephen King adaptation will hit the silver screen on September 6th, 2019. Much like Muschietti will be back to direct, IT’s Gary Dauberman will be back to pen the screenplay.

For those unfamiliar with King’s source material or the 1990 two-part TV effort, the second part of IT will focus on the Losers Club as adults in the present day. Heading back to Derry, the group have to come together again to vanquish the threat of Pennywise once and for all.

At this stage, the adult Losers Club have yet to be cast, but expect a whole lot more on IT as we get it.