Sony has revealed that the third Venom movie, Venom: The Last Dance, will be the last film in the series starring Tom Hardy.
Sony Motion Picture Group Chairman Tom Rothman spoke about the future of its Marvel offshoot trilogy during a conversation with Deadline. He says that movies like the upcoming Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, as well as the next Tom Holland Spider-Man film, will be a “significant event” for fans. Included in the list of major, upcoming releases is Venom 3.
“The third and last Venom, is going to be huge,” Rothman says.
Venom began its trilogy run in 2018, introducing moviegoers to a dark take on the Marvel anti-hero without its superhero obsession, Spider-Man. A sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, then followed in 2021. It brought Woody Harrelson’s Cletus Kasady – and the titular Carnage – into the mix with direction from The Lord of the Rings actor Andy Serkis.
The last time we saw Hardy’s Eddie Brock, it wasn’t actually in a solo Venom film. Toward the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, the character appeared as a last-second movie stinger before being sent back to his own world. Thanks to an early set photo, we can guess that Venom: The Last Dance will pick up where that movie left off. Other story details remain a mystery.
Venom: The Last Dance got its official title in March of this year. Look forward to its premiere come October 25, 2024. For more on Spider-Man’s symbiote nemesis, you can read our Venom: Let There Be Carnage review. We gave the sequel a 7/10, saying, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage improves on everything from the first movie, leaning into its own absurdity. While it plays it a little safe, it still points the series in an exciting direction.”
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