'Venom: The Last Dance' Sets Netflix Release Date

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, wearing a tux and smiling while walking into a hotel.

The only good thing to come out of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe is the Venom franchise. Led by Tom Hardy the franchise gave us a loveable symbiote, a very different Eddie Brock, lots of head munching, and good music. The franchise came to a conclusion last year with Venom: The Last Dance which had a successful run at the box office and the feature will soon be available on Netflix (via CBR), for fans to revisit the film at their own leisure.

After the events of Venom: Let There Be Carnage, The Last Dance finds Eddie and Venom on the run as the two are hunted by both of their worlds. With hunters closing in from all sides, the duo is forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie's last dance. The movie has a stellar cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor as General Rex Strickland, Juno Temple as Dr. Teddy Paine, Rhys Ifans as Martin Moon, Stephen Graham as Patrick Mulligan, Peggy Lu as Mrs. Chen, Clark Backo as Sadie, Alanna Ubach as Nova, and Andy Serkis as Knull.

The film is directed by Let There Be Carnage scribe Kelly Marcel, who directed the film from her own screenplay and a story she co-wrote with Hardy. Their combined effort resulted in a heartfelt farewell to the big guy. The film grossed $478 million worldwide and Hardy’s performance, stunts and visual effects were wildly praised by fans and critics alike. The movie garnered mixed reviews though as critics’ consensus gave the movie a 40 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, while the audience score sits as high as 80 percent. The movie’s arrival on the platform will be a great opportunity for fans of the film and Hardy to either discover it or rewatch it.

The Future of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe is Uncertain

After The Last Dance’s success, Sony released Kraven: The Hunter but it proved to be a massive failure for the studio only grossing $62 million at the box office. Taking its cue from the box office result coupled with the failure of features like Morbius and Madame Web Sony decided to clean its slate and rethink its universe. However, that doesn’t mean the studio isn’t pursuing Spider-Man based projects as Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse and Tom Holland’s Spider-Man 4 are yet to come out of the studio. Beyond the Spider-Verse is backed by trusted filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, while Marvel Studios has the reins of Holland’s next. What comes out of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe in future or if at all, remains to be seen.