Hardy's Venom vs. Spider-Man Future Will Make Or Break Sony's Universe
Tom Hardy's Venom meeting Spider-Man is an essential component of Sony's expanding Marvel Universe. When it comes to dark comic book villains, Venom is one of the most loved of all. Venom has also evolved greatly as a character, going from a villain to anti-hero and self-dubbed «Lethal Protector» over the years.
Venom made his big-screen debut in 2007's Spider-Man 3, with Topher Grace playing his human half, Eddie Brock. While the biggest box office success of the original Spider-Man trilogy, Spider-Man 3 ended up being the least liked of them. Among the criticisms it faced was the role of Venom, which ended up being more of a last-minute final boss than the long-running Spidey foe many were hoping for.
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A Venom spin-off had initially been planned to follow Spider-Man 3. Eventually, Venom was realized in 2018 — albeit beginning with a fresh slate and with Tom Hardy assuming the role of Eddie Brock, outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Despite being an independent story, Venom would eventually drift back into Spider-Man's web with 2021's Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Far from just setting up a Venom vs. Spidey confrontation as a hypothetical, Sony's entire slate of villain-centered Marvel movies relies on this tease being realized.
Spider-Man's rogues gallery is among the most widely-known and loved of any superhero, and Venom is easily one of his most popular. The genesis of how Venom came to be is also one of the most famed villain origin stories. In the comics, Spidey's new black suit is an alien symbiote that gradually begins taking control of him. After Peter frees himself from the symbiote, disgraced journalist Eddie Brock becomes
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