Recently, Sony Pictures officially launched Venom: The Last Dance, the third solo film for the anti-hero Venom, and is also the project that closes the story of the character Eddie Brock in the SpiderVerse cinematic universe. Similar to other superhero movies, Venom: The Last Dance also does not forget to “tease” future events through two credit sequences at the end of the movie.
Decoding credits scene #1 of Venom 3 – SpiderVerse's “Thanos” officially declares war on Earth
SpiderVerse already has a Thanos-caliber villain after Venom: The Last Dance ended – Photo: Internet.
The first credits of Venom 3 bring the audience back to Knull, who still cannot free himself after his plan to find the command code from Venom and Eddie failed. He issued a threat to all the people of Earth, and as if challenging all the audiences sitting in front of the big screen: “Your champion has fallen. Your planet will belong to me. The King in Black has awakened. I will destroy your world, everything will burn before your eyes.” Knull's warning indirectly shows that Venom – Earth's “champion”, was actually sacrificed in the battle with Xenophage.
Based on Knull's position in the original comics, it can be seen that Sony Pictures wants to turn this villain into the “final boss” of SpiderVerse in the future, similar to how Marvel Studios did with Thanos.
Ignoring the unsatisfactory results in terms of revenue, Sony's cinematic universe currently owns quite a few notable superheroes/antiheroes, such as Morbius, Madame Web, Vulture, and the upcoming This is Kraven the Hunter and Rhino. That's not to mention Spider-Man of Spider-Verse, who has not yet appeared, or the cosmic parasite Agony – which is expected to fill the void left by Venom. Sony can gather all of these characters to create a team capable of confronting Knull in the future.
Knull sent a challenge to Earth – Photo: Internet.
In addition, Knull's challenge in the first credits mentions the phrase “King in Black” to refer to himself. King in Black is also a major event in Marvel comics, taking place in the period 2020 – 2021. This event revolves around the invasion of Earth by Knull and the army of cosmic parasites, forcing members of X- The Men, Avengers and Fantastic Four, along with Spider-Man and Venom, must join forces to stop it. The scale of the King in Black event is extremely large, spanning many different series, including Spider-Woman, Daredevil or Fantastic Four.
Therefore, in the future, Sony Pictures can completely “borrow” its famous villain to Marvel Studios. Knull's power and ambition can completely turn him into a villain of the caliber of Thanos, Kang the Conqueror or Doctor Doom. Meanwhile, MCU owns too many characters related to King in Black, including the Avengers, The Fantastic Four or X-Men – mutants who will soon step onto the silver screen.
Decoding Venom 3's #2 credits – Will Venom return to SpiderVerse?
The second credits scene of Venom: The Last Dance shows that the future of the cosmic parasite in SpiderVerse is still open – Photo: Internet.
The second credits scene of Venom: The Last Dance is set in the ruins of Area 51, and confirms that the unnamed bartender (played by Cristo Fernández) is still alive and has found his way to the Area. 55 through the tunnel created by the battle between Venom and Xenophage. However, the most notable point of this credits scene focuses on the scene of a broken test tube. It's very possible that this is the test tube that Rex used to contain the mucus that Venom left at the bar at the beginning of the movie.
To stop Knull's plot, Venom decided to sacrifice himself, both to destroy the monster Xenophage and to cut off the code that could release the evil god. However, the second credits scene opened the door for Venom to return in the future, or at least a different version of this character. In addition, Venom also accidentally left part of his mucus behind in the MCU in the credits of Spider-Man: No Way Home. Therefore, the possibility of the reappearance of Sony's most famous anti-hero is extremely high, even though the host may no longer be Eddie Brock.
Another notable detail in this credit sequence is the image of a “lucky” cockroach that survived the Xenophage attack and moved around the test tube mentioned above. Cockroaches are famous “long-lived” creatures, able to survive in radioactive environments, without food for about a month, and even withstand about 45 minutes in a vacuum environment. Therefore, the image of the cockroach in the credits is a metaphor showing that Venom, or cosmic parasites, also have similar intense vitality and cannot be destroyed easily.
Will Venom return in SpiderVerse? – Photo: Internet.
There have been many rumors surrounding Sony and Marvel Studios wanting to bring the battle between Spider-Man and Venom to the big screen in the future to continue the unfinished dream in Spider-Man 3 (2007). It could be an MCU movie, as Tom Holland will continue to take on the role of Spidey in his fourth solo film. It could also be a Spider-Verse project, after Sony introduced the new Spider-Verse version. Regardless, the return of Venom, with or without Eddie Brock, is inevitable.
In addition, Tom Hardy, who plays Venom, said he is ready to face Spider-Man on the big screen. Although he officially said goodbye to this role after Venom: The Last Dance, the actor could absolutely return as a variant of Venom in the vast multiverse, or even as a mutant. becoming the MCU's official version of Venom. This also seems to be the strategy that Marvel Studios applied with Hugh Jackman in the case of the character Wolverine.
Source: ScreenRant
