SPUMC is dead… but there may be some, er, juice left in the Venom tank yet, folks. In one of the more unexpected bits of (anti-)superhero movie news to emerge in recent weeks, THR is reporting that Sony are getting ready to bring back Eddie Brock and his alien symbiote best bud/alter ego/fellow Lethal Protector in animated movie form. And, what’s more, Final Destination Bloodlines duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are attached to direct and produce the project.
When last we saw Eddie Brock and Venom, in live-action trilogy capper Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy’s anti-hero and his head-munching symbiote BFF had been seemingly separated for good thanks to an incident involving yer man/alien Venom and some big ol’ acid tanks. A post-credit sting did leave the door slightly ajar for the symbiote to lethally protect again, but the subsequent demise of the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters made that seem highly unlikely. This new project however, which it should be stressed is in such early development that Sony Pictures Animation is still in the process of setting up a writers’ room and hearing out pitches, could provide a route back — or a fresh start entirely — for the fan-favourite from Spider-Man’s rogues’ gallery. It is intriguing to say the least that THR mentions Tom Hardy is believed to be involved in the movie, even if it remains to be seen in what capacity.
With Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Verse trilogy set to conclude with the release of Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse on 18 June, 2027, it seems reasonable to suspect that we won’t be seeing this new Venom movie for some time yet — perhaps not even before the 2020s are through. But if the studio can catch the lightning of those Spider-Verse movies in a bottle again, then boy will it have been worth the wait. Watch this space!
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