Venom Director Revealsโข Creative Constraints in Avoiding spider-Man Connection
LOS โANGELES, CA – Director Kelly Marcel has revealed significant restrictions placed on the venom films byโค Sony Pictures to deliberately distance the character from Spider-Man, despite the symbiote’s comic book origins. Marcel detailed the need to forge a entirely independentโค identityโค for venom, extending to โคvisual โdesign and backstory, to ensure the film franchise wasn’t defined by a โขpotential crossover withโ Marvel‘s web-slinger.
The directive stemmed โฃfrom Sony’s ownership of the โค Venom โ rights โคand a strategic decision to build a โคstandalone universe.”Maybe there was the possibility of them crossing paths down the road, but inherentโ to ours was that it couldn’t โbe defined by that,” โMarcel stated, explainingโ theโฃ creative boundaries. This meant a complete overhaul of iconic Venom imagery; the symbiote’s chest pattern was redesigned toโ eliminate the spider motif present in the comics, as it would have implied an affiliation with Spider-Man that didn’t exist within the โfilm’s narrative.
Marcel emphasized the success of this approach,โ noting, “itโ all worked out the way it wasโ supposed to,” given the financial performance of theโ Venom โfilms. Though, theโข path wasn’t without teasing potential connections.โ In 2021, Venom: The last Dance โคfeatured a post-credits scene transporting Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) into the Marvel Cinematicโค Universe, where the symbiote showed interest in news โcoverage of Spider-Man. Despite this, โขVenom didโ not participate in the multiversal battle against Spider-Man in later MCU films and was subsequentlyโข sent back to his own universe.
Plans for further Sony spin-offs, โฃincluding a potential Agent Venom movie starring Hardy, have asโ been abandoned. Peter Parker isโข slated to return in Spider-Man: Brand New โDay next summer, facing off against โThe Scorpion. Current speculation suggests Mac Garganโ may become the nextโ Venom, potentially acquiring the โsymbioteโค after spider-Man retrieves it from โขBattleworld โduring Avengers: โSecret Wars. The director’s comments offer insight into the complex web of rights and creative decisions shaping the future of these iconic characters and their potential interactions.
