Venom: The Last Dance
Summary
Eddie Brock ’s third solo pic in the Sony Spider - Man Universe finally has an official name , butVenom : The Last Dancemay tease trouble for Sony ’s tenacious - troubledSinister Sixteam - up movie . wanderer - Man has a long and fruitful cinematic historystretching back to the former 2000s , and it ’s clear thatSony has been trying to make aSinister Sixmovie happensince at least the early 2010s . The Amazing Spider - Man 2featured a scene tease the iconic weapons and case of several iconic Spider - Man villains , but plans for a giving antagonist team - up die afterTASM 2 ’s poor reception .
However , the idea of bringing together six different Spider - Man villains seemed like the clear end goal when Sony announce it would be give up a series of solo movies base on the Web Head ’s iconic scallywag ( since named the Sony Spider - Man Universe ) . The enfranchisement seemed to turn back the traditional cinematic universe plan , build up villains before afterwards introducing a hero as the narrative adversary . However , with Venom ’s third movie getting a name that seems fairly final , Sony may be moving too lento and peril losing out on its most bankable franchise star .
The last hint of Tom Hardy ’s Eddie Brock and Venom come in a mid - credits scene in Spider - Man : No Way Home , and now they ’re both return for Venom 3 .
Venom: The Last Dance Implies An End For Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock
While it ’s been assumed thatVenom 3would be the last outing for Tom Hardy ’s version of Eddie Brock , the movie now being officially labeledThe Last Danceseems to put the guess to rest . The soon - to - be trilogy has n’t been a bang make with critics , but theVenomfranchise ’s financial success is difficult to indicate against ( as seen below with data fromBox Office Mojo ) . The character had a huge fan foot before his moving-picture show , and Sony ’s black , campy tone has proven a good fit for the sinister symbiote .
Sony Spider - Man Universe Movies
Global Box Office Earnings
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Venom
$ 856,085,161
Venom : permit There Be butchery
$ 506,863,592
Morbius
$ 167,460,961
Madame Web
$ 96,726,009
Of course , it ’s unreadable if Hardy ’s Eddie Brock / Venom could pop up anywhere else after his solo movie trilogy is over , much like Iron Man continued to be an MCU staple fiber long afterIron Man 3 . However , with the encompassing SSU failing to issue forth together so cohesively , it seems probable that Hardy really will be done with the role . If true , it have in mind aSinister Sixmovie will be an improbably hard sell .
No Venom Makes A Sinister Six Movie Way Less Likely
Just like how the Avengers were only as successful for Marvel Studios as they were because of how well - liked the case-by-case heroes were , Sony require to establish a group of baddie people have an pursuit in before pull off a big team - up movie . Unfortunately , so far , Venom is the only character who go the banker’s bill . Sony’sother release in the SSU have been meet with general disdain(and not the kind audience should sense for a villain ) .
possible Sinister Six Members In The SSU
Appearances
Venom , Venom : lease There Be Carnage
Vulture
Ezekiel Sims
( Madame Web )
Kraven the Hunter
Kraven The Hunter
Rhino
Morbius and Kraven are all played by maven big enough to anchor a team - up movie ( Jared Leto and Aaron Taylor - Johnson , respectively ) , but none of that matters if their reference are n’t well - liked . If Venom is done in the SSU afterVenom : The Last Dance , Sony will have the tall purchase order of either bolster up its existing fictitious character ' reputations or replacing Venom with someone equally popular . Neither is impossible , though it ’s indecipherable whatSony Marvel movies are planned in 2025 and beyond .
What Is The Endgame For Sony’s Spider-Man Universe?
ASinister Sixmovie seems like the natural close end for Sony ’s Spider - Man Universe , but it is n’t the only choice . apply Venom has already momently joined the MCU ( at the end ofVenom : rent There Be CarnageandSpider - Man : No Way Home ) andVulture was pulled from the MCU to the SSU(inMorbius ' post - credits scene ) . Given this brightness human relationship , it ’s possible the reference could join the MCU full - clip via multiverse trickery .
or else , Madame Web fix up Peter Parker as well as the titular Madame Web and three future Spider - People . give the pic takes place in the former 2000s , the timing is right for any of them to become recurring Hero of Alexandria in the SSU ’s " present 24-hour interval . " The trueness is probable that Sony ’s remaining 2024 releases ( Kraven the Hunterin August andVenom : The Last Dancein October ) will settle which guidance the franchise will take . With two bombs in a row for the marque , the path onward may change if an approaching project does n’t fix the mark ’s critical and fiscal situation .
