Venom 3 trailer - June 4

 Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks. In particular, I really hate my family sometimes… and this is all I want to say about it, because this post is not about their character assassinations, but rather about ‘Venom’.

Well, the trailer for the third, and final, ‘Venom’ film, coming in October 2024, most likely. It is a chaotic mess, but in a good way.

First, Tom Hardy is stealing the show, because of course he does. He has been carrying the ‘Venom’ films from the start, and so hooray! He makes the ‘Venom’ franchise great, but that said…

The first ‘Venom’ film was unimportant… but it was original, and already separate/distinct from MCU. Yes, it was rather underwhelming, as the main villain of the film was a discount Carnage, but never fear – the second film flat-out featured Carnage, with Venom’s character and character history being reset. In addition, Anne Weying, or whatever her last name is, starring as the She-Venom. Right now, she is notably absent from the last movie’s promo; it is almost all about Eddie and Venom on one hand, and the alien symbiotes coming to Earth. Wait, doesn’t this sound familiar?

Of course, it is – this was the plot of the first ‘Venom’ film, where Venom, as well as several other symbiotes, came to Earth. Aside from Venom and Riot, they did not make it, but also they came to Earth as a scouting party of sorts. Riot tried to return to their home planet, but Venom stopped it, saving Earth from the alien invasion because Venom’s race is not really friendly towards others, as Carnage and particularly Riot demonstrated. However, the first ‘Venom’ film also featured a Dr. Dora Skirth, a female scientist ally of Eddie, who had a forced bonding attempt with a yellow-colored symbiote, and both died, abruptly. The trailer for the third ‘Venom’ film also features a female scientist, who might bond with a yellow-colored symbiote… or she might not. She is also an ally of a military commander who might be baron Mordo in disguise… or he might not be. Anything else?

Well, the Lizard, (last seen in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’), aka Curt Connors, might be in the movie as well, at least as a cameo. Since ‘Morbius’ showed that Sony is quietly shifting MCU’s Spider-Man characters over to its’ own universe, this is quite a possibility, especially since we saw a shot of a lizard (namely a little reptile without any augmentations), in the trailer too. However, ‘Morbius’ is nowhere as successful as the ‘Venom’ films are, so it is questionable, if the Lizard and co. are appearing; the ‘Kraven’ might need to succeed first in order for this to happen, perhaps.

That said, so far the most confusing issue here is Ms. Chin and the absence of Anne. Yes, this movie seems to be mostly about Eddie and Venom’s bromance, but still? Why are this duo dancing with Ms. Chin of all people? So far, she was only a supporting character, nothing more, is she going to be more important in the third movie, or is it more of the Spider-verse shenanigans? In the second Miles film, Ms. Chin did have a cameo, showing that Venom’s universe is a part of the greater Spider-verse somehow, so who knows…

That said, keep in mind that Sony’s movies are a mixed bag, but they work best when they do more original material than just simple follow the lines hero’s journey or things like that, and both of the previous ‘Venom’ movies proved this point; the trailer for the third film – ditto. Therefore, I, for one, am excited for it to come out (in movie theaters only, apparently), in autumn 2024.

For now, however, this is it. See you all soon!