https://www.cnet.com/news/venom-and-spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-footage-web-comic-con/ > The live action Venom movie follows Tom Hardy (who was at the Comic-Con panel) as Eddie Brock -- a journalist who bonds and becomes the host of Venom, an alien known as a symbiote. Michelle Williams plays Anne Weying, a district attorney and Eddie's girlfriend, while Riz Ahmed plays Carlton Drake -- the leader of the Life Foundation that's working on the symbiote.  > The Hall H panel at Comic-Con showed off new footage from Venom, which director Ruben Fleischer reminded the audience that it still had some visual effects to complete before a final version is ready.