Every Sony Spider-Man Universe Movie Ranked From Worst To Best
With the superhero genre remaining as popular as ever on the big screen, studios are still looking to develop their own cinematic universes, with Sony's Spider-Man Universe serving as the newest of the bunch. Co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, the new franchise revolves around characters connected to the iconic webslinger, most notably villains from his rogues' gallery, but takes an antihero approach to them. Previously known by the unofficial name of the Venomverse, the SSU originally was in development during the time of Andrew Garfield's The Amazing Spider-Man movies as Sony sought to develop their own shared universe, only for the financial disappointment of the 2014 sequel to derail them.
The SSU would officially kick off in 2018 with Venom, starring Tom Hardy as disgraced journalist Eddie Brock, as he becomes the host to the titular alien symbiote and must find a way to prevent Venom's species from invading Earth. The film proved to be a critical disappointment as reviewers targeted its inconsistent tone, lackluster story, dull direction and for being devoid of references to Spider-Man, though Hardy himself would see some positive reviews for his performance. In spite of the bad reviews, Venom went on to become a box office success, grossing over $856 million against its estimated $116 million budget and securing a sequel greenlight.
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Along with the sequel, 2021's Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Sony got to work on a number of other projects for its universe, including Aaron Taylor-Johnson-led Kraven the Hunter, the unnamed movie that Olivia Wilde is directing, and Dakota Johnson's Madame Web. The most recent
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