Gary Ross, who is expected to direct the Venom movie is apparently going to reboot 60′s spy franchise Matt Helm which if true means that the Venom movie will have to be put on hold until he finishes his new project.

The excerpt below was taken from The Play List…

But a source close to the project tells us a new director has his hands on the project—none other than Gary Ross, writer-director of “Pleasantville” and “Seabiscuit,” who was recently attached to writing and potentially directing the Sony “Spider-Man” spin-off “Venom” (he had something to do with the “Spider-Man 4″ script, too). But this source notes, “Venom” is a ways off and will have to wait, “Matt Helm,” is coming first and is being scheduled to shoot in the summer of 2010 if all goes according to plan.

Dammit, I was beginning to get excited about Venom.

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