Neighbors tweet videos of Marvel's 'Venom' filming around North Beach

Twitter user Leonardo Zizzamia caught a scene from Marvel's "Venom" shooting in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. Twitter user Leonardo Zizzamia caught a scene from Marvel's "Venom" shooting in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. Photo: Leonardo Zizzamia/Twitter Photo: Leonardo Zizzamia/Twitter Image 1 of / 22 Caption Close Neighbors tweet videos of Marvel's 'Venom' filming around North Beach 1 / 22 Back to Gallery

A handful of lucky North Beach residents got a front-seat look at a daring chase scene for the upcoming Marvel feature "Venom."

Locals stumbled upon an apparent chase scene, primarily in North Beach, featuring a motorcycle and several cars being filmed by a drone and cameras attached to at least one vehicle. It wasn't clear if stars Tom Hardy or Michelle Williams were present.

Wednesday's filming took place on Kearney Street, beginning at the top of the hill between Vallejo and Broadway.

Per Hoodline, there are a number of other North Beach locations being used for filming this week, including Columbus Ave. between Pacific and Vallejo (in the early morning hours), Taylor Street between Greenwich and Broadway (Thursday night), and Filbert between Jones and Mason. The latter scene will reportedly include a "precision driver on a motorcycle who'll head down Taylor before turning right on Filbert."

Any news when is going to come out? I saw a possible #Marvel filming yesterday around North Beach #SF pic.twitter.com/CL20t3U5qO — Leonardo Zizzamia🦉 (@Zizzamia) January 16, 2018

Some North Beach streets are now closed off to film #Venom with Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams. A chase scene involving a car and motorcycle will fly down Kearny Street. @VenomMovie pic.twitter.com/SnY4b1rQpz — Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) January 18, 2018

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I can’t tell if it’s Tom Hardy or his stunt double, but they’re filming on Kearny and Green (San Francisco) #venom #spiderman @WhatsFilming pic.twitter.com/NJjWb01aXI — Katie Mui (@continents) January 18, 2018

Two nights of additional filming are scheduled to take place next week in the Tenderloin, on Jan. 23 and 24. One night, crews will be on Geary between Jones and Leavenworth; the other production will take place on O'Farrell between Jones and Leavenworth.

The San Francisco Film Commission confirmed to SFGATE last week that filming will take place in the city until Jan. 26, during both day and night, in Russian Hill, North Beach, Chinatown, the Embarcadero, and the Financial District.

The plot for the new "Venom" film has not yet been confirmed, but it's rumored to follow the plot of "Lethal Protector," a limited Venom comic series that director Fleischer recently stated is an inspiration for the film.

In that story, antihero Eddie Brock, who has already become host to a powerful Symbiote alien called Venom (Tom Hardy) returns to San Francisco, where he grew up, following an armistice with Spider-Man. Michelle Williams is portraying Anne Weying, who is Brock's wife, and at one point, She-Venom. Riz Ahmed will play Dr. Carlton Drake, and Jenny Slate is reportedly in talks for a role.

It's also rumored that Tom Holland, who currently plays Spider-Man in the Marvel film universe, may make a cameo as Spider-Man or as Peter Parker.

"Venom" is slated to debut in theaters Oct. 15, 2018.

Alyssa Pereira is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at apereira@sfchronicle.com or find her on Twitter at @alyspereira.

