Summary
Venom: The Last Dance’s first trailer features a puzzling connection to theMCU’sSpider-Man: No Way Home, but it could be nothing more than a bluff. Sony’s Spider-Man Universe exists parallel to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with only a little multiversal overlap thanks to Doctor Strange, who allowed Tom Holland’s Spider-Man to meet his older variants inSpider-Man: No Way Homeand temporarily brought Eddie Brock and Venom to the MCU’s main timeline, as shown inVenom: Let There Be Carnage’s post-credits sceneand its MCU follow-up. Whether that will change soon is still up to debate.
Eddie Brock’s brief stay inthe MCU duringSpider-Man: No Way Home’s post-creditsscene raises many questions, such as the purpose of sending Eddie to the MCU only to bring him back to his original timeline immediately afterward, the identity of the symbiote left behind, and the possibility of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man meeting Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock in the future. At this point, the only way to make this crossover happen seems to be through another multiversal conflict. Oddly enough, though,Venom: The Last Dance’s trailersuggests that the thirdVenominstallment will addressSpider-Man: No Way Home’s post-credits scene sooner than expected.
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Venom: The Last Dancemay not have to answer the questions raised bySpider-Man: No Way Home’s post-credits scene, asthe shot of Chiwetel Ejiofor’s character capturing the leftover symbiote could be exclusive to theVenom: The Last Dancetrailer. Previously,Morbius' trailers included a shot of Jared Leto’s Michael Morbius walking past a mural of Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man with the word"murderer"written on it, which never appeared in the actual film. TheMorbiustrailers' shot of Vulture welcoming Morbius in prison was also nowhere to be seen.
IfVenom: The Last Dancechanges the meaning ofSpider-Man: No Way Home’s post-credits scene, then Vulture’s appearance inMorbius' post-credits scene could also be changed or disregarded by future movies.
Venom 3’s No Way Home Acknowledgment Can Only Make Things More Confusing
Overcomplicating Spider-Man: No Way Home’s Post-Credits Scene Seems Inevitable
Spider-Man: No Way Home’s post-credits scene is confusing on its own. IfVenom: The Last Danceactually revisits it, there doesn’t seem to be a scenario where Sony’s Spider-Man Universe can provide any helpful answers. Instead, Sony’s acknowledgment ofthe symbiote Eddie Brock left behind in the MCU’s Earth-616can only create more confusion:eitherVenom: The Last Dancechanges the original meaning ofSpider-Man: No Way Home’s Venom tease, or it renders the post-credits scene obsolete.Venom: The Last Dancecan’t simply continue the original symbiote tease without having Marvel Studios and Tom Holland’s Spider-Man directly involved.
Curiously,Venom: The Last Dancecould mark the second time a Marvel project featuring Chiwetel Ejiofor drops or changes a previous movie’s post-credits scene. In the MCU,Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessrevealed thatEjiofor’s Karl Mordo spent years fighting Doctor Strange off-screen— an unexpected payoff toDoctor Strange’s post-credits scene, which suggested that Mordo would kill every MCU sorcerer and become Strange’s archnemesis. Similarly,Venom: The Last Dancemight make drastic changes toSpider-Man: No Way Home’s post-credits scene, and in turn affectSpider-Man 4’s possible plot.
