Sony Pictures has decided on Kelly Marcel to follow Andy Serkis as director after previously writing Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage.
Marcel has traditionally been a writer, having written Fifty Shades of Grey and Disney's Saving Mr. Banks
Like the previous two Venom movies, Marcel is set to collaborate with Hardy on the story for Venom 3
Sony has not commented on Marcel's promotion.
When Venom: Let There Be Carnage came out, Hardy spoke about how he'd been thinking ahead to connect the movie to future sequels.