Sony, according to Sci Fi Wire, is officially moving forward with its “Spider-Man” spinoff focusing on Venom and has the writing team Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese set to pen the script. “We had a really great relationship with Sony on [their project "Zombieland"], and so that was a nice in for us there,” Reese said in a group interview recently. “It gave us a leg up.” The duo is already working on the script, but say that they cannot mention specifics. “We can’t talk about it. It’s just super secret.” The two did mention being avid fans of the Venom character, unlike “Spider-Man 3″ director Sam Raimi. No casting…

According to the Sci Fi Wire, Robert Downey Jr. and Reese Witherspoon are in talks to star in a sci-fi time-travel thriller called “The Days Before”, with Timur Bekmambetov also in talks to take the director’s chair. According to Production Weekly at Sci Fi Wire, the conquering aliens of the film travel back in time, day by day, eliminating humanity every day all the way back, and Downey Jr’s character must keep travelling back in time as well, trying to warn humanity before it’s too late and he runs out of time. Witherspoon’s role in the film has yet to be announced. Robery Downey Jr, who recently appeared in “Iron…