The official runtime for Venom: Let There Be Carnage reveals that Sony Pictures' Spider-Man adjacent film isn't quite as short as previously reported.
Fandango's Erik Davis confirmed that Venom: Let There Be Carnage spans 97 minutes, which is seven minutes longer than the runtime Fandango listed for the film earlier this month but still noticeably short for a modern comic book superhero movie. For comparison's sake, the first Venom film is 112 minutes long, while Sony's most recent live-action movie featuring the web-slinger, Spider-Man: Far From Home, is 129 minutes.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage is also shorter than Andy Serkis' previous directorial efforts: the biographical drama Breathe (117 minutes) and the live-action/CGI adventure Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (104 minutes). Speaking during a recent Q&A on Instagram, Serkis said the Venom sequel has a short runtime for pacing reasons and indicated he never expected the film to run too long.
"No, it was actually always going to be...we always wanted this film to be a real thrill ride. And a fast, muscular...not hanging around too much with exposition," explained Serkis. "But having said that, I think what we've done is achieve a real balance between dropping anchor with all of the characters so that you feel that you're fully immersed in them and that we're not just rushing through to the next battle or action part."
Serkis directs Venom: Let There Be Carnage from a script by Venom writer Kelly Marcel, with Marcel and Tom Hardy sharing story credit. And although the film pits Eddie Brock (Hardy) and Venom against the serial killer Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) and his own symbiote Carnage, it wound up being PG-13, like its predecessor. That said, Hardy recently revealed an R-rating was in consideration during the film's development.
In a separate interview, Serkis explained why Venom: Let There Be Carnage ultimately avoided an R-rating. "Well, look. I mean, the fact of the matter is that you could go down an R-rated, you know, adult version of this. Of course you could. You could have done that with the last film. But we wanted to reach a big audience with this, and with that, there are several kind of rules that you have to abide by." However, he was quick to add a disclaimer. "I think we have pushed to the very very limits, the danger and darkness, and the threat and the menace of Carnage."
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