Will Spider-Man Swing Through “Venom: The Last Dance”?

Will Spider-Man appear in Venom: The Last Dance? This is the question on the mind of Spidey fans as we approach the October 25 premiere date of Tom Hardy’s last turn as Eddie Brock, the investigative reporter turned alien symbiote antihero. For two bloody, funny films, Eddie and Venom have been biting the heads off bad guys (mostly) and battling some of the universe’s most vicious beings, including Carnage (Woody Harrelson), an alien symbiote even bigger and better than Venom. But throughout it all, despite Venom being one of Spider-Man’s chief antagonists in both the comics and previous films, there’s been no peep from Peter Parker. It’s been 15 years, in fact, since we’ve seen Spidey and Venom take swings at each other, despite the fact that Venom, Morbius, and now Kraven the Hunter all exist in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. That universe has been missing its central star.

Sala 7 posted the Spidey question on Instagram to Tom Hardy, and his response left the door open just a crack for a potential surprise.

“Will we ever meet Spider-Man? You know, see, there are always possibilities. But, I cannot possibly say anything because this is the last movie. I would love that.”

So, Hardy hasn’t ruled out the possibility with this cryptic answer, and that’s exciting. Marvel has confirmed that Tom Holland is returning as Peter Parker, so, one could reason there’s a non-zero chance that Holland swings through The Last Dance before going on to Spider-Man 4. It’s also been confirmed that Knull, one of the most formidable villains in Spidey’s orbit, will appear in the film, so speculation is that Holland’s Spider-Man (or even Andrew Garfield’s, as he’s expressed interest in returning to the character after appearing in Spider-Man: No Way Home) will take on the intergalactic beast.

Director Kelly Marcel told IGN that while, yes, Knull will be in The Last Dance, he’s not the main villain, and therefore, we can expect to see him again. “One movie could never do justice to Knull,” she told IGN. So, it stands to reason we could see Spider-Man for the sole purpose of having a scene or two with Hardy’s Venom (at last!), and then swinging off to take on Knull while Venom deals with the film’s main villain.

What we do know about The Last Dance is Hardy will appear in a story he cooked up with first-time director Marcel, a longtime Venom scribe herself. Marcel has been working with Hardy since the beginning, director Ruben Fleischer’s 2018 hit Venom and then onto Andy Serkis’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which co-starred Woody Harrelson as the alien symbiote that made Venom look mild-mannered by comparison.

“Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo is forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s last dance,” the logline states. The Last Dance finds Venom’s home planet and its ferocious inhabitants having zeroed in on Earth, forcing Eddie and Venom to go on the run. 

Newcomers Juno Temple and Chiwetel Ejiofor join Hardy in the new film alongside Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach, and Stephen Graham. 

Hardy wrote in an Instagram post last November that he loved making the final film with Marcel. “It’s been and continues to be a lot of fun this journey — there’s always hard turns to burn when we work, but [it] doesn’t feel as hard when you love what you do and when you know you have great material and the support at all sides, of a great team. I want to mention very briefly how proud of my director, writing partner and dear friend Kelly Marcel I am. Watching you taking the helm on this one fills me with pride, it is an honour. Trust your gut, your instincts are always spot on.”

Venom: The Last Dance hits theaters on October 25.

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Featured image: Tom Hardy in the poster for “Venom: The Last Dance.” Courtesy Sony Pictures.