The tough guy star is already building excitment for his own marvellous Marvel outing.

The latest reports warns fans that Hardy will "revolutionise the term 'villain' with his latest role."

Both Marvel and Dc have sruggled over the years with credible and convincing villains, but Hardy looks set to change all that forever - and he won't need special effects trickery to scare the pants off his on-screen victims, or the audience.

The report adds: "What the world is going to see is one of the darkest, most powerful supervillains that Marvel has ever created. It’s going to be carnage.”