yeah...Eddie was, but no Venom.
to me, like Dickus alluded too, it looks like the main plotline of this will be whether or not spiderman can overcome the symbiote (which we know he will), and dealing with sandman & goblin's son.
it will probably end will spiderman parting with the symbiote and it happening to find Brock, who bonds with it, and then bam..."cliffhanger" ending and waiting for Spiderman 4.