Marvel movie 'Venom' starring Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams to film in San Francisco
By Alyssa Pereira, SFGATE
Updated 6:13 pm, Thursday, January 11, 2018
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Tom Hardy is set to play Eddie Brock in "Venom."
Pictured: Hardy poses for a photograph upon arrival for the world premiere of 'Dunkirk' in London on July 13, 2017.
Tom Hardy is set to play Eddie Brock in "Venom."
Pictured: Hardy poses for a photograph upon arrival for the world premiere of 'Dunkirk' in London on July 13, 2017.
Photo: (TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Michelle Williams will play Anne Weying.
Michelle Williams will play Anne Weying.
Photo: Epsilon/Getty Images
Riz Ahmed will play Dr. Carlton Drake.
Pictured: Ahmed attends the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California.
Riz Ahmed will play Dr. Carlton Drake.
Pictured: Ahmed attends the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California.
Photo: Frazer Harrison, Getty Images
Click through the gallery to see the best San Francisco and Bay Area-set movies of all time, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
The following movies are ranked based off Rotten Tomatoes audience score. Information on the film's budget and domestic box office gross also come from Rotten Tomatoes.
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Click through the gallery to see the best San Francisco and Bay Area-set movies of all time, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
The following movies are ranked based off Rotten Tomatoes audience score. Information on
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15. "The Joy Luck Club"
Year: 1993.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 85.
Budget: $11 million.
Domestic box office gross: $33 million.
Critic says: "One of the most touching and moving of the year's films." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
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15. "The Joy Luck Club"
Year: 1993.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 85.
Budget: $11 million.
Domestic box office gross: $33 million.
Critic says: "One of the most touching
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14. "What's Up, Doc?"
Year: 1972.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 90.
Budget: $4 million.
Domestic box office gross: $66 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "Barbra Streisand was never more likable than in this energetic, often hilarious screwball farce from director Peter Bogdanovich."
Critic says: "Not the least of Bogdanovich's triumphs is his success in scaling down Miss Streisand's superstar personality to fit the dimensions of farce." - Vincent Canby, New York Times
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14. "What's Up, Doc?"
Year: 1972.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 90.
Budget: $4 million.
Domestic box office gross: $66 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "Barbra
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Photo: Warner Brothers, Getty Images
13. "Milk"
Year: 2008.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 94.
Budget: $20 million.
Domestic box office gross: $32 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "Anchored by Sean Penn's powerhouse performance, Milk is a triumphant account of America's first openly gay man elected to public office."
Critic says: "With Milk, a great San Francisco story becomes a great American story." - Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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13. "Milk"
Year: 2008.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 94.
Budget: $20 million.
Domestic box office gross: $32 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "Anchored by Sean Penn's
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Photo: Focus Features
12. "Play it Again, Sam"
Year: 1972.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 97.
Critic says: "Maybe the movie has too much coherence, and the plot is too predictable; that's a weakness of films based on well-made Broadway plays. Still, that's hardly a serious complaint about something as funny as Play It Again, Sam." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
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12. "Play it Again, Sam"
Year: 1972.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 97.
Critic says: "Maybe the movie has too much coherence, and the plot is too predictable; that's a
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Photo: Archive Photos, Getty Images
11. "Inside Out"
Year: 2015.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 98.
Budget: $175 million.
Domestic box office gross: $356 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "Inventive, gorgeously animated, and powerfully moving, Inside Out is another outstanding addition to the Pixar library of modern animated classics."
Critic says: "Inside Out [is] a bold, gorgeous, sweet, funny, sometimes heartbreakingly sad, candy-colored adventure that deserves an Academy Award nomination for best picture." - Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
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11. "Inside Out"
Year: 2015.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 98.
Budget: $175 million.
Domestic box office gross: $356 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics'
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Photo: Pixar, Associated Press
10. "After the Thin Man"
Year: 1936.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 100.
Budget: $683,000.
Critic says: "If After the Thin Man is not quite the delight The Thin Man was, it is, at the very least, one of the most urbane comedies of the season." Frank S. Nugent, New York Times.
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10. "After the Thin Man"
Year: 1936.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 100.
Budget: $683,000.
Critic says: "If After the Thin Man is not quite the delight The Thin Man was, it is,
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Photo: MGM 1936
9. "Greed"
Year: 1924.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 100.
Budget: $546,883.
Critic says: "Erich von Stroheim's Greed (1925), like the Venus de Milo, is acclaimed as a classic despite missing several parts deemed essential by its creator." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
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9. "Greed"
Year: 1924.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 100.
Budget: $546,883.
Critic says: "Erich von Stroheim's Greed (1925), like the Venus de Milo, is acclaimed as a
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Photo: MGM
8. "The Graduate"
Year: 1967.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 91.
Budget: $3 million.
Domestic box office gross: $104 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "The music, the performances, the precision in capturing the post-college malaise — 'The Graduate's' coming-of-age story is indeed one for the ages."
Critic says: "If After the Thin Man is not quite the delight The Thin Man was, it is, at the very least, one of the most urbane comedies of the season." Frank S. Nugent, New York Times.
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8. "The Graduate"
Year: 1967.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 91.
Budget: $3 million.
Domestic box office gross: $104 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "The music,
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Photo: MGM 1967
7. "Dirty Harry"
Year: 1971.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 95.
Budget: $4 million.
Domestic box office gross: $28 million.
Critic says: "If there aren't mentalities like Dirty Harry's at loose in the land, then the movie is irrelevant. If there are, we should not blame the bearer of the bad news." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
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7. "Dirty Harry"
Year: 1971.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 95.
Budget: $4 million.
Domestic box office gross: $28 million.
Critic says: "If there aren't mentalities like
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Photo: Associated Press
6. "The Conversation"
Year: 1974.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 98.
Budget: $1.6 million.
Domestic box office gross: $4.4 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "This tense, paranoid thriller presents Francis Ford Coppola at his finest — and makes some remarkably advanced arguments about technology's role in society that still resonate today."
Critic says: "Thanks to Walter Murch's keen, intuitive sound montage and Hackman's clammy, subtle performance, the movie captures [an] elusive and universal fear-that of losing the power to respond, emotionally and morally, to the evidence of one's own senses." - Michael Sragow, New Yorker
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6. "The Conversation"
Year: 1974.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 98.
Budget: $1.6 million.
Domestic box office gross: $4.4 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "This
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Photo: Courtesy Of American Zeotrope
5. "The Right Stuff"
Year: 1983.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 98.
Budget: $27 million.
Domestic box office gross: $21.5 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "'The Right Stuff' packs a lot of movie into its hefty running time, spinning a colorful, fact-based story out of consistently engaging characters in the midst of epochal events."
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5. "The Right Stuff"
Year: 1983.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 98.
Budget: $27 million.
Domestic box office gross: $21.5 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "'The
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4. "Up"
Year: 2009.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 98.
Budget: $175 million.
Domestic box office gross: $293 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "An exciting, funny, and poignant adventure, Up offers an impeccably crafted story told with wit and arranged with depth, as well as yet another visual Pixar treat."
Critic says: "To watch Up with any attention is to be moved and astonished by the economy with which specific visuals are invested with emotion throughout." - Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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4. "Up"
Year: 2009.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 98.
Budget: $175 million.
Domestic box office gross: $293 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "An exciting,
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3. "The Maltese Falcon"
Year: 1941.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 100.
Budget: $375,000.
Domestic box office gross: $1.8 million.
Critic says: "Who can argue with Bogart's glower or Mary Astor in her ratty fur?" — Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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3. "The Maltese Falcon"
Year: 1941.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 100.
Budget: $375,000.
Domestic box office gross: $1.8 million.
Critic says: "Who can argue with Bogart's
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Photo: Handout, SFC
2. "Harold and Maude"
Year: 1971.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 86.
Budget: $1.2 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "Hal Ashby's comedy is too dark and twisted for some, and occasionally oversteps its bounds, but there's no denying the film's warm humor and big heart."
Critic says: "Marked by a few good gags, but marred by a greater preponderance of sophomoric, overdone and mocking humor." - Variety
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2. "Harold and Maude"
Year: 1971.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 86.
Budget: $1.2 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "Hal Ashby's comedy is too dark and twisted
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Photo: SFC
1. "Vertigo"
Year: 1958.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 97.
Budget: $2.5 million.
Domestic box office gross: $3.2 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "An unpredictable scary thriller that doubles as a mournful meditation on love, loss, and human comfort."
Critic says: "San Francisco appears mythical and alluring, shaded by fog and lonely streets, damp gardens and a hypnotic bay." - Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
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1. "Vertigo"
Year: 1958.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' score: 97.
Budget: $2.5 million.
Domestic box office gross: $3.2 million.
Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus: "An
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Photo: Paramount Pictures
Marvel movie 'Venom' starring Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams to film in San Francisco
An upcoming Marvel feature film called "Venom," about a shapeshifting antihero, will film scenes in San Francisco this month.
The movie, directed by Ruben Fleischer, stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock (and Venom), Michelle Williams as Anne Weying (and She-Venom), and Riz Ahmed as Dr. Carlton Drake. Jenny Slate is also rumored to be in talks to join the cast. According to Collider, "Venom" was initially planned as a spin-off to the current "Spider-Man" timeline, but it's now being positioned as a standalone film.
As SF Weekly reported, a building near the Tenderloin-area bar Edinburgh Castle received a notice earlier this month announcing filming to take place Jan. 24. Additional filming will take place, during both day and night, between Jan. 16-26 in Russian Hill, North Beach, Chinatown, the Embarcadero, and the Financial District. Notices have already been posted near film locations in North Beach and Russian Hill, the San Francisco Film Commission confirms.
A casting website calling for San Francisco-based extras around that time for the film lists the project as "Antidote" — the same project name "Venom" was given while it was shooting in Atlanta.
Marvel, it should be noted, usually utilizes pseudonyms for their projects; the filming notices for "Ant-Man & the Wasp" listed the project as "Cherry Blue" with the production company written in as "Pym Productions."
"Venom's" filming in San Francisco is not unexpected. Canon dictates that Hardy's character Brock was born in San Francisco. After becoming a journalist, he becomes host to a Symbiote — a self-aware alien that binds itself to humans. This Symbiote, it should be noted, was previously attached to Spider-Man, and may grant Brock even more special abilities.
According to "Lethal Protector," a limited Venom comic series that director Fleischer recently stated is an inspiration for the film story, Brock returns to San Francisco after he and Spider-Man "agree to leave each other alone."
Marvel, however, hasn't formally released the details of the plot at this point. The movie is scheduled to be released Oct. 15.
Alyssa Pereira is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at apereira@sfchronicle.com or find her on Twitter at @alyspereira.