Tom Hardy aka Eddie Brock
This is fantastic! Everyone is reporting that Tom Hardy will star in the 2018 VENOM movie as Eddie Brock! ZOMBIELAND director, Ruben Fleischer, is also attached to the film. This was Sony's official announcement:
Tom Hardy is Eddie Brock in #Venom, the upcoming film from Sony’s Marvel Universe releasing October 5, 2018 – production starts this fall. pic.twitter.com/OZQqDEvoum— Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) May 19, 2017