‘Venom’ director Ruben Fleischer talks horror influences, Eminem, and a potential unrated version

“I was a huge Venom fan, and so that’s why I got involved,” director Ruben Fleischer told Fandango during an exclusive conversation to support advance tickets going on sale (buy them here). “As soon as I got involved, so many people came out of the woodwork and were telling me just how cool they thought the movie was and the character was, and how excited they were. As I’ve been working on it, I felt a groundswell of excitement from longtime comic book and Venom fans, and also fans of the cartoon in the 90s. I think that’s also the basis of a lot of the fandom. It’s been really exciting seeing people respond to the trailers and just all the elements that have come together for the film. It feels like there’s a lot of really great support for the movie.”