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Venom returns to theaters to deliver more carnage and more MCU confusion.
Sony has debuted the trailer for “Venom: The Last Dance,” the third and final film in its Spider-Man trilogy. Tom Hardy returns as Eddie Brock, a journalist who harbors an alien symbiote.
The trailer opens with Eddie transforming into Venom to take on a group of villains and leans into the comedy of the original two films as Eddie and the symbiote awkwardly try to say, “We are Venom.”
The rest of the footage depicts Eddie and Venom on the run as fugitives, and Sony’s official plot synopsis reads: “Haunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo is forced into a devastating decision that will throw the curtains down. to Venom and Eddie’s last dance.”
The trailer also reveals that more symbiotes will be coming to Earth, with Venom warning, “My home found us.” The possible death of Eddie and/or Venom is hinted at, as the film’s tagline is “till death do us part”, and Eddie says, “We might not make it out alive, man”.
Watch the trailer for ‘Venom: The Last Dance’.
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But one moment in the trailer left some Marvel fans confused: Cristo Fernández briefly appears in a bar with a piece of alien symbiote on the counter, which is captured by a character played by Chiwetel Ejiofor.
This appears to be a continuation of the title scene from “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which, like all Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, takes place in a different universe than Sony’s “Venom” series. In the credits scene, Hardy’s Eddie Brock chats with Fernández’s character in a bar, and when Eddie is transported back to his universe — the world of the “Venom” franchise — a piece of the symbiote is left behind in the MCU.
The scene seemingly sets up a story for the next “Spider-Man” movie that involves Tom Holland’s Peter Parker meeting Venom in his world.
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So fans were confused by the “Last Dance” trailer suggesting that the bar is in the “Venom” universe and not the MCU, when “No Way Home” implied otherwise.
“Another Sony Marvel movie that makes no sense because how is that possible.” said an X post.
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Ryan Broderick, author of “Garbage day” newsletter, suggested“Either Sony screwed up the ending of ‘Venom 3’ and Chiwetel Ejiofor ends up in the MCU, or they just completely forgot about it (regarding the ‘No Way Home’ credits scene).”
“Venom: The Last Dance.”cast and release date
“Venom: The Last Dance” stars Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach and Stephen Graham.
Ejiofor and Ifans both join the “Venom” franchise after previously playing different Marvel characters on screen, with the former starring as Mordo in “Doctor Strange” while the latter played Lizard in “The Amazing Spider-Man” by Sony.
“Venom: The Last Dance” opens in theaters on October 25.
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