Venom (Sony's Spider-Man Universe)
Venom | |
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Sony's Spider-Man Universe character | |
First appearance | Venom (2018) |
Based on | |
Adapted by | |
Designed by | |
Voiced by | Vigilante |
Children | Carnage |
Hosts |
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Venom is a
As of 2022[update], the character has appeared in three films: Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), and an uncredited cameo appearance in the web series Chen's Market and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Spider-Man: No Way Home (both 2021). Hardy will reprise his role in Venom: The Last Dance. While Hardy's portrayal of the character in Venom was met with a mixed critical reception, the chemistry between Eddie Brock and Venom received praise.
Concept and creation
The idea of giving
Venom's subsequent host,
Post-Spider-Man 3
By July 2008,
He was a journalist [who] got in trouble for it ... the whole essence to us for the Marvel characters: stay close to the bible, stay close to the emotional story, and the rest is fun.
—Producer Matt Tolmach, on staying true to the character's comic book origins when developing Venom[14]
In December 2013, Sony revealed plans to use The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) to establish their own expanded universe based on the Marvel properties they had the film rights to, including Venom.[15] Since the film underperformed, in February 2015, Sony and Marvel Studios announced a partnership that would see Marvel Studios produce the next Spider-Man film for Sony, and integrate the character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).[16] Sony still planned to produce the spin-off films on their own,[17][18] but by November Sony had been focused on its new reboot with Marvel Studios and were believed to have been canceled.[19]
Revival and casting
In March 2016, Sony revived the Venom film, being envisioned as a standalone film launching its own franchise unrelated to Sony and Marvel Studios'
After the Let There Be Carnage
Characterization
Venom director Ruben Fleischer said that unlike a werewolf or Jekyll and Hyde, the relationship between Venom and Brock is a "hybrid", with the two characters sharing a body and working together. Hardy was drawn to this duality, and compared the pair to the animated characters Ren and Stimpy. Hardy gave Eddie an "aw-shucks American accent" while using a "James Brown lounge lizard"-like voice for Venom,[32] that was later "modulated to sound more sinister".[33] Hardy called Venom an antihero who would "do whatever he has to" to accomplish a goal.[34] Let There Be Carnage director Andy Serkis described the pair in the "Odd Couple stage" of their relationship, with Venom trapped in Brock's body and just wanting to be the "Lethal Protector" which distracts Eddie from work and putting his life back together.[35]
Relationship with Eddie Brock
Kate Gardner of
When Sony began advertising the home media release of the film by presenting it as a
Fictional character biography
Eddie Brock | |
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Sony's Spider-Man Universe character | |
First appearance | Venom (2018) |
Based on | |
Adapted by | |
Portrayed by | Tom Hardy |
In-universe information | |
Full name | Edward Brock |
Alias |
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Occupation |
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Affiliation |
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Significant other | Anne Weying (ex-fiancée) |
Nationality | American |
Bonding with Eddie Brock
After being brought to Earth on a space shuttle by astronaut
After explaining their origins to Eddie, Venom assists him in breaking into his old workplace in order to turn in evidence of Life Foundation CEO
Fighting Carnage
One year later, after Eddie visits incarcerated serial killer Cletus Kasady to interview him,[a] Venom can figure out where Kasady has hidden the bodies of victims, which gives Eddie a huge career boost. After Kasady subsequently invites Eddie to attend his execution by lethal injection, Venom is provoked to attack Kasady via insults towards Eddie. After briefly witnessing Venom's true form, Kasady bites Eddie's hand, unknowingly ingesting a small part of Venom as they reproduce. Eddie is then contacted by Anne, who tells him that she is now engaged to Dan, much to Venom's displeasure.
Wanting more freedom to eat human brains instead of chicken brains, Venom has an argument with Eddie, and the two end up fighting until the symbiote detaches from his body; they go their different ways. Venom makes his way through San Francisco by hopping from body to body and attending a rave until Anne finds him at Mrs. Chen's store and convinces him to forgive Eddie. She bonds with Venom herself to break Eddie out of a police station after he is arrested on suspicion of aiding in Kasady's escape from prison, as the symbiote piece he had ingested metamorphoses into Venom's offspring "
Entering an alternate reality
Later, as Venom tells Brock about the symbiotes'
Differences from the comic books
Venom is primarily based on the 1993 Venom: Lethal Protector miniseries and the 1995 "Planet of the Symbiotes" story arc,[44] borrowing the San Francisco setting of the former. Due to Sony and Marvel Studios' 2015 deal for Spider-Man to enter the MCU, the character could not appear in the film itself,[45][46] challenging the writers to make a Venom origin story without Spider-Man. The writers and concept artists looked to the Ultimate Marvel version of Venom (created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley), whose origin was not related to Spider-Man and similarly does not have a spider-logo engraved in their chest.[45] Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg were told that Spider-Man could not be in the film before the initial pitch, and took the approach to try to stay faithful to the spirit of the comics even if certain elements had to be changed.[46] Fleischer noted that Lethal Protector gave the writers a "solid foundation" to explore the more heroic side of Venom, rather than their more traditional villainous side from the Spider-Man comics.[47]
In Let There Be Carnage, Venom's characterization takes inspiration from the 1993 "
Reception
Hardy's performance received mixed reception upon Venom's release. He was praised as "wicked fun" and "fun to watch" by Matthew Rozsa at
Accolades
Year | Film | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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2019 | Venom | Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards
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Best Visual Effects or Animated Performance | Tom Hardy | Nominated | [56] |
MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Kiss | Tom Hardy[d] | Nominated | [57] |
Notes
- ^ As depicted in Venom (2018).
- mid-credits scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage due to the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home (both 2021).[27][28][29] The scene establishes a collective symbiote hive knowledge across the multiverse, which No Way Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers said had allowed Brock and Venom to transport.[31]
- ^ As depicted in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).
- ^ Shared with Michelle Williams.
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External links
- Venom on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki
- Eddie Brock on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki
- Venom on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
- Eddie Brock on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki