Eddie Brock and his…better half(?) “may not make it out of [this one] alive.” That’s probably why the third and final film in the “Venom” series is subtitled “The Last Dance.”
On Monday, Sony Pictures released the trailer for the Marvel movie that officially makes “Venom” a trilogy. It’ll end with this one. You would think by now the Tom Hardy character and his alien symbiote would have their timing down a bit better, but an early (comedic) piece of the official trailer proves they’ve still got some work to do. The levity soon gives way to Brock/Venom biting four guys’ heads up.
In “Venom: The Last Dance,” Brock and Venom are on the lam — and it is not just their Earth enemies who are closing in. The film’s tagline is “‘Til Death Do They Part,” which is not particularly promising a happy ending.
In addition to Hardy, “Venom 3” stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach, and Stephen Graham. The film is directed by Kelly Marcel from a screenplay she wrote, and is based on a story by her and Hardy. “The Last Dance” is produced by the two of them, as well as Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, and Hutch Parker. Joe Caracciolo Jr. is executive producer.
“Venom: The Last Dance” comes to theaters in October. It is not yet rated, though the first two films were both PG-13.
Watch the trailer here:
The first Venom film, in 2018, made more than $850 million at the global box office. The second one, 2021’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” made just north of $500 million. The (first) sequel was the better-reviewed of the two films, but 2021 was a weird time for movie theaters still attempting to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re not quite sure we’re out of those woods even today.
Venom is a baddie in the Spider-Man comics, but he’s a bit more complicated in the “Venom” movies. Want more complication? Tom Hardy’s Venom exists in a different universe than Tobey Maguire’s “Spider-Man” movies — Topher Grace plays Eddie/Venom in those. Oh, and the “Venom 2” post-credits scene ruled out Tom Holland’s Spider-Man as existing in Hardy/Venom’s universe. So if there was going to be a Spider-Man in “Venom 3,” sans interdimensional travel, it would have to be Andrew Garfield — or a whole new Spidey.
We warned you it would be confusing.
