Several Marvel movies play a crucial role in setting up the complex web of multiverse connections and symbiote lore that will be vital to watch beforehand Venom: The Last Dance. Sony Venom: The Last Dance is the highly anticipated continuation of Eddie Brock and Venom’s story, where they will face their biggest threat yet: Knull, the godlike creator of the symbiotes. To fully appreciate the storyline and the multiversal connections, there are a few Marvel movies that audiences should see first.
Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU) is a collection of films focusing on characters linked to Spider-Man, although they exist mostly outside the MCU timeline. Poison (2018) kicked off the universe, followed by Venom: Let it be carnage (2021). Now, with Venom: The Last Dance, the franchise is expected to delve deeper into the symbiote mythos and multiverse connections. Understanding Eddie Brock’s journey, the history of the symbiotes, and the expanding multiverse will be crucial to following the events of the final installment in the Poison Series.
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Venom (2018)
Eddie Brock’s first solo movie
Poison (2018) introduced Tom Hardy’s version of Eddie Brock, a down-on-his-luck journalist who becomes allied with the alien symbiote known as Venom. Unlike the comic version of Venom, which often portrays the character as more villainous, The film made Eddie and Venom a more sympathetic, even heroic, duo. Their dynamic is essential to understanding the franchise, as their relationship evolves from mutual distrust to a strange but functional partnership by the end of the film.
Poison Also introduces the concept of symbiotes, showing that Venom is one of many alien beings that bond with hosts to survive on Earth. The film comforts A larger universe of symbiotes By introducing the Life Foundation, a group that seeks to use the symbiotes for nefarious purposes. The movie also introduced Riot, another symbiote who becomes the film’s main antagonist.
These early teasers set the stage for the more expansive exploration of the symbiote lore in later films, which will be crucial as Venom: The Last Dance Tackles the origins of the symbiotes and their god, Knull. Understanding the rules and biology of the symbiotes—how they bond with hosts, their weaknesses, and their ability to communicate with each other—is key to going into Venom: The Last Dance. Knull, as the creator of all symbiotes, will likely manipulate the connections, making the events of the first Poison Film a necessary basis for the new movie.
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Venom: Let It Be Carnage (2021)
Carnage’s cinematic debut
the second Poison film, Venom: Let it be carnageis essential to understanding the deepening bond between Eddie and Venom. The film maintains its dynamic in a lighthearted rom-com style, but also escalates the stakes by introducing Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) and his symbiote, Carnage. The film establishes that symbiotes can bond in different ways and that there are even more dangerous variants than Carnage, which Set the stage for the final threat in Venom: The Last Dance – Pop.
The mid-credit scene in Venom: Let it be carnage is particularly critical. In it, Venom reveals to Eddie that symbiotes share collective knowledge that spans multiple universes, Hinting at a multiversal symbiote hive mind. Before the scene ends, Eddie and Venom are mysteriously transported to a different universe where they witness J. Jonah Jameson discussing Spider-Man’s identity as Peter Parker on television.
The crossover with Venom and the MCU is a monumental moment, confirming that Venom and other symbiotes are connected across the multiverse, a concept that could be expanded upon in Venom: The Last DanceEspecially with the introduction of Knull. This connection is vital because it Lays the groundwork for how Venom will navigate multiple universes. It also explains why the Venom franchise could be on the verge of connecting with the MCU, something that has long been speculated about.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Venom appears in the MCU
Spider-Man: No Way Home Played a pivotal role in establishing the existence of the multiverse in the MCU and Explain the events of the Venom: Let it be carnage Credits scene. The movie brings together the three cinematic Spider-Men by opening up the multiverse and allowing characters from different Marvel movie universes to collide. This event explains why Eddie Brock was transported to the MCU’s universe in the mid-credits scene of Let there be carnage And how the multiverse functions.
In another crucial post-credits scene, No way home Depicted Eddie Brock still in the MCU’s universe, drinking in a bar and trying to understand the world of superheroes and the Avengers. However, before he can meet Spider-Man, Doctor Strange’s spell sends Eddie back to his original universe. important, A piece of the Venom symbiote was left behind in the MCU.
This small fragment of symbiote is key because it suggests that Venom’s presence will continue in the MCU, and Venom: The Last Dance Can investigate or even recover this event. The bar from the post-credits scene is shown in the trailer for Venom: The Last Dancestrong suggested that the film will address what happened in No way home. It could further explore how the symbiote hive mind operates across the multiverse and how Knull will play into these connections.
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Spider-Man 3 (2007)
The original poison movie
Although Spider-Man 3 Predating the SSU and MCU, it features Venom’s cinematic debut, which may be referenced with the multiverse. It features Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man battling a version of Venom played by Topher Grace. with these Venom: Let it be carnage Mid-credits scene confirming that symbiotes share knowledge across the multiverse, and No way home Confirming Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man exists in the multiverse, Spider-Man 3 Now Retroactively ties into the larger symbiote mythos.
in Spider-Man 3Venom is portrayed as a dark reflection of Spider-Man, a being that Amplifies aggression and violence in its host. This version of Venom is much more villainous and unsettling than Tom Hardy’s anti-heroic take, and with Knull’s introduction in Venom: The Last DanceThere is a possibility that the Sam Raimi version of Venom could be referred to or even appear. The Hive view established in the previous films suggests that all versions of Venom across different universes share a connection, which means that Eddie Brock of Spider-Man 3 May be relevant in Venom: The Last Dance.
moreover, Spider-Man 3 Introduced the concept of a symbiote bonding with a human host in the live-action Marvel universe for the first time. The dark, parasitic nature of this alliance and how it corrupts Eddie Brock’s character can serve as A warning or parallel to the final threat Knull pauses in Venom: The Last Dance. Understanding the different images of Venom from Spider-Man 3 To Tom Hardy’s version in Poison will provide a broader context for how Venom: The Last Dance Could integrate these versions into a multiverse-spanning storyline.
Venom 3 is the third and final installment in Sony’s symbiote trilogy starring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock. It follows the events of Let There Be Carnage, where the anti-hero fought serial killer Cletus Kasady, and Spider-Man: No Way Home, where Brock was briefly transported to the MCU via the multiverse.
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