‘We Got as Close as I Could Possibly Imagine Getting’ — Tom Hardy on the Venom Crossover With Spider-Man That Never Happened

How did Venom marque it done an full trilogy of films without ever adjacent gathering Spider-Man, fto unsocial warring against oregon alongside his superhero nemesis?

It is deemed the large missed accidental of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, which is present reportedly finished aft Kraven the Hunter bombed.

The Venom films, starring Tom Hardy, were standout container bureau performers, and with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man instauration into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, determination was overmuch anticipation that Venom mightiness person followed him determination for a showdown oregon team-up.

Speaking to The Discourse Podcast big Mike DeAngelo, via The Playlist, Hardy was asked if workplace authorities got successful the mode of a Venom / Spider-Man crossover.

“I don’t cognize however to reply that question,” Hardy began.

“We got close. We got arsenic adjacent arsenic I could perchance ideate getting, isolated from doing a movie together, which I would person loved to person done due to the fact that that conscionable means truthful overmuch fun.

“And for each the reasons that you explained yet successful there.”

Hardy went connected to accidental that helium wanted the crossover to delight younger fans.

“Fundamentally, for me, it would beryllium for the kids,” helium said. “Because, you know, arsenic overmuch arsenic adults emotion superhero films, arsenic you tin archer by the container bureau erstwhile they’re successful, I deliberation I’m perpetually reminded by children however important these characters are. And they don’t cognize wherefore their favourite characters aren’t successful films together.”

While Hardy didn’t outright impeach either Sony oregon Marvel of ruining the fun, it’s wide from his reply that the movie adaptation of fan-favorite Marvel anti-hero Venom was constrained.

“We were fixed a acceptable of boundaries, and we were conscionable truly privileged to beryllium capable to play with a much-beloved IP similar Venom successful a mode that we were allowed to play,” helium said.

“And successful that [regard], we did what we could and what we loved doing. We poured each of ourselves into it wrong the remits of what we were allowed to bash with him. And truthful the enjoyment of the enactment outweighed the limits of our possibilities with him due to the fact that we conscionable focused connected what we were allowed to do. And we loved doing it.”

With Venom: The Last Dance settling connected a planetary container bureau of $478,931,196, you’d deliberation the powers that beryllium astatine Marvel and Sony would privation much from the character. But it appears Sony is focusing connected the adjacent Spider-Man film, conscionable announced arsenic Spider-Man: Brand New Day and owed retired July 2026. It whitethorn adjacent present Miles Morales into the MCU, thing Holland is personally invested in.

Sony's Spider-Man beingness officially includes six films: Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Morbius, Madame Web, Venom: The Last Dance, and soon Kraven the Hunter. Only 1 of these has truthful acold earned supra a 5/10 successful IGN's review, with Venom: Let There Be Carnage getting a 7/10. The remainder person managed betwixt 4/10 and 5/10.

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