having appeared in doctor strange and its 2022 sequel multiverse of madness chiwetel ejiofor is switching things up when it comes to his marvelrelated roles according to a new report from deadline the actor has joined the cast of venom 3 and will share the screen with juno temple and tom hardy in the upcoming third installmenthardy unsurprisingly will reprise the role of eddie brock the downonhisluck reporter who finds himself the witting host of an unruly fleshhungry symbiote ejiofors character has yet to be revealedlike its predecessor venom let there be carnage venom 3 will be written by hardy and kelly marcel who will also helm the comic book flick as it stands we have no idea as to its plot though its worth remembering that the previous entry ended with detective patrick mulligan stephen graham seemingly absorbing the supersonic powers of naomie harriss villain shriek there was also that postcredit scene of course which saw eddie and venom get mysteriously transported to a universe where tom hollands spiderman exists and could lead into the upcoming movieoutside of the mcu ejiofors works include the man who fell to earth the old guard and 12 years a slave before venom 3 hell be seen in scifi romcom the pod generation alongside emilia clarkevenoms second installment which was released in 2021 and directed by andy serkis earned a respectable 5069 million at the worldwide box office so its no surprise that sony are continuing the series when asked about the franchises future a couple of years ago hardy explained to digital spy these things usually come in threes if theres going to be a new one and they depend heavily on the success of each individual one so you cant count on them ever happening again everyone has got to be as if it was the last onebut i think its really important if you go into something thinking that one two and three are the same the same story the same film so that you dont surprise yourself by being caught out by suddenly having to do a third from nowherewhile we wait for venom 3 or whatever it may end up being called why not check out our roundup of all the upcoming movies being released throughout the rest of 2023 and beyond