Following the recent additions of Michelle Williams and Riz Ahmed, Sony continues moving forward on their Tom Hardy Venom movie by casting Jenny Slate.
Variety reports Jenny Slate will be playing a scientist, though specifics are currently unknown.
Jenny Slate is known for the Big Mouth TV series, the Bob’s Burgers TV series and provided the voice of Harley Quinn for The LEGO Batman Movie.
Venom has an October 5, 2018 release directed by Ruben Fleischer described as an R-rated action horror sci-fi movie.
Filming looks to begin this month.
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