After the Venom: Let There Be Carnage mid-credits scene, in which Eddie and the symbiote were transported via the multiverse to the world of Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man, they appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home's end-credits tease. In that bonus scene, Eddie was sent back to his own universe, but not before leaving a piece of the symbiote in the MCU. The alternate version of Spider-Man, an arch-rival and occasional ally, may end up being a significant part of the MCU. Whether that will have any impact on Venom 3 is to be determined. For now, here is a breakdown of everything known about the Venom 3 movie.
Venom 3 Latest News
The latest update for Venom 3 was announced in November 2023, and saw the release date for the movie moved back 4 months to November 2024. This appears to be in order to reflect a revised production timeline due to the now concluded Hollywood strikes, as the news was revealed just as the SAG-AFTRA strikes came to a conclusion, allowing film teams to properly consider how much time they will need in order to make movies that were halted halfway through creation.
Prior to this, in February 2023, following many months without any news on the status of the next Venom movie and almost a year since its announcement, actor Tom Hardy posted an exciting update about Venom 3 to his Instagram story. He revealed that the sequel was currently in pre-production, and also shared a "throwback" deleted scene from a previous Venom movie as a teaser for what’s to come.
Venom 3 Confirmed
Tom Hardy has always been open about how he was writing the story for Venom 3 in tandem with Venom: Let There Be Carnage being shot, but he was also clear that no third film would be coming if Venom: Let There Be Carnage didn’t succeed. Then, in December 2021, Sony producer Amy Pascal tipped that Venom 3 was in the planning stages, but the studio's focus at the time was on Spider-Man No Way Home.
Fortunately, for Hardy and Venom fans, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Venom: Let There Be Carnage were both massive hits. During the 2022 CinemaCom Panel that Screen Rant attended, Sony finally confirmed that Venom 3 was part of its upcoming slate of films.
Venom 3 Release Date
After a long period of uncertainty regarding its schedule, the Venom 3 release date has been moved to November 8, 2024, after being previously scheduled for July 11, 2024. This means Kraven The Hunter will release before it, and could well hint at a more connected Sony Spider-Verse for Venom 3 itself to capitalize on. This should also mark a six-year window for the overall Venom trilogy, as the first movie released in 2018.
Venom 3 Cast
As star, writer, and producer, Tom Hardy will of course be returning to his role as Eddie Brock in Venom 3. While her casting has not been announced yet, Michelle Williams has indicated her interest in returning to the film series. She portrays Eddie’s ex-fiance, Anne Weying, in Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Anne and Eddie remain friends despite their break-up, and she is one of the few people who knows Eddie’s alter ego. She even briefly hosted the symbiote in the first two Venom movies, so there’s always the possibility She-Venom will have a larger part to play in upcoming movies.
Other returning cast members from the franchise could easily include Reid Scott, who plays Anne's fiancé, Dan, and Peggy Lu, who always needs a scene to steal as convenience store owner Mrs. Chen. The most curious, however, would be Stephen Graham. He portrays Detective Patrick Mulligan, who becomes the villain Toxin in the comics. At the end of Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Mulligan is shown to have absorbed part of the symbiote, hinting at him becoming an antagonist in the sequel.
Venom 3 is also confirmed to welcome two new cast members, with Juno Temple and Chiwetel Ejiofor joining the franchise in what may be its final foray. The characters the pair will play have not yet been revealed, but it's still clear they will each be a welcome addition to the roster, given the positive reactions to both Juno Temple's performance as Keeley Jones in Ted Lasso, and Chiwetel Ejiofor's experience in both serious movies like 12 Years A Slave, and superhero movies with his role as Baron Mordo in the MCU.
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Venom 3 Story Details
There have not been any story details released about Venom 3, but speculation about Venom’s third outing has used Spider-Man: No Way Home and the comics as a jumping-off point. One note that has been made is that Venom 3 is described as “the final chapter." Whatever happens in Venom 3 should tie up any remaining loose ends in the trilogy, specifically Eddie’s relationship with Anne as well as his connection with the Venom symbiote that he never wanted in the first place.
The plot of Venom 3 may have been hinted at by the events in Spider-Man: No Way Home, which featured a number of villains from past Sony Spider-Man franchises, any one of which could be aligned with Venom's universe. Or, Green Goblin, Electro, or Doctor Octopus could have been sent to Eddie's world by mistake, a la Vulture in Morbius. There are a number of Marvel characters Hardy could fight in Venom 3, including the SSU's own Morbius and Kraven. The sequel could also introduce Prowler, Knull, or Black Cat, as each is historically a rival of the symbiote in the comics.
More recent teases for Venom 3 suggest the movie's villain may go down a different line, though, as Tom Hardy shared an image on the set of the movie showing himself screaming at graffiti of a dog or wolf. Some have taken this to potentially mean Hardy's Eddie Brock will be going up against the Lobo Cartel - who are a group of werewolves in the Marvel comics - though rumors have also spread that Venom will be facing The Jury, who are a group of supersuit-clad vigilantes who band together to try and take the symbiote down.
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