'Venom 3' in the works at Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures

is developing a third installment in the Tom Hardy-led "

Venom

" franchise. The film comes following the back-to-back box office successes of 2021's "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" and 2018's "Venom".

The movie franchise features

Hardy

as journalist

Eddie Brock

and his unwitting sidekick and parasite Venom, the otherworldly lethal protector in Sony's universe of

Marvel

characters.

According to the news agency, the studio is also planning one more film in the "Ghostbusters" movie series. The film will be a follow-up to 2021's reboot "Ghostbusters: Afterlife".

Sony announced both the projects at

CinemaCon

, the annual trade show for theater owners.

Details of either of the projects were not shared at the event.