Carlton Drake

Carlton Drake is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Drake is the leader of Life Foundation and is constantly at odds with Spider-Man and Venom. He transforms into a spider-monster hybrid named Homo Arachnis in the pages of Spider-Man: The Arachnis Project.

Drake will appear in the 2018 film Venom, where he will be portrayed by Riz Ahmed.

IN OTHER MEDIA
Carlton Drake will appear as the main antagonist in the 2018 film Venom, portrayed by actor Riz Ahmed.

He is a well-known scientist and the CEO of the Life Foundation, who are secretly running illegal experiments on human test subjects and are conducting tests involving the extraterrestial and amorphous life-forms known as the "symbiotes". Also, he appears significantly younger and is a prominent media figure, unlike the comic iteration, where he is depicted as a shady and aged millionaire, who shies from the public eye and is not responsible for discovering the symbiotes. Drake also becomes the film version of Riot.