Tom Hardy has signed on for three Venom movies

Venom looks set to break box office records when it premieres in October, and even though it's still unknown how reviews and indeed public perception will pan out, it's clear that Sony wants this to be the start of a major movie universe.

Tom Hardy, who portrays Eddie Brock/Venom in the upcoming movie, has revealed in an interview with Comic Book, that he's in it for the long haul. In fact, he's signed on for no less than three Venom movies.

"I'm open to whatever you want to do with it. We've signed up for three of them. So it's very much an open case. We'll see what people's responses are to it.

"I think it's an awesome character. I love playing both of them. It's an amuse-bouche, and for Sony, it's the Venom-verse launched in isolation, as it were."

Sony has yet to announce a sequel, but if things go well it seems almost certain that we'll get one.