Venom Director On Potential Return To Sony Marvel Movie Franchise

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Ruben Fleischer, who directed the first Venom film in 2018, talks about potentially returning to Sony's Marvel movie franchise down the line.

Ruben Fleischer, who helmed the first Venom film, recently spoke about potentially returning to Sony's Marvel franchise. While Sony Pictures has been busy portraying Spider-Man on the big screen in the MCU with Marvel Studios, they have also been actively fleshing out their own Marvel-inspired franchise. Dubbed Sony's Spider-Man Universe, the web-crawler has yet to appear while several of his iconic villains have been starring in their own films. The Spidey-based universe began with Eddie Brock as the first character to headline his own movie with Tom Hardy as Venom. In less than two months, Morbius will be hitting theaters starring Jared Leto as the titular character. While famously known as iconic Spider-Man antagonists, Sony is taking the anti-hero route with these characters, which is part of their respective canon.

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After Fleischer directed the first Venom installment, Andy Serkis boarded its sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The second film explored Venom taking on Marvel's second most famous symbiote in the form of Carnage, played by Woody Harrelson. While doing a bit less than its predecessor at the box office, Venom: Let There Be Carnage still became a commercial success amidst the global pandemic, gathering over $500 million dollars. With no set release date just yet, Sony Pictures is developing a third Venom film with Hardy set to reprise the role.

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Even though Serkis has expressed interest in returning to the director's chair for Venom 3, the franchise's first filmmaker seems to be open for it too. When chatting with Screen Rant recently, Fleischer was asked if he would ever be interested in directing another Venom movie. While he wouldn't make any promises, Fleischer reflected on the positive experience he had with the first film and looked forward to seeing where the next Venom sequel goes, sharing the following:(Visit Store: hipmodes.com)

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"Time will tell. I had a great experience making the first Venom and I'm excited to see where the franchise goes."

Given that Fleischer has already worked with Sony Pictures on multiple projects, it wouldn't be shocking if he came back to finish the Venom trilogy. On the other hand, it seems more likely that Serkis will be the one to return to direct the third film, but like Fleischer said, only time will tell. It's also possible that Fleischer could helm another Marvel project for Sony's Spider-Man Universe. Aaron Taylor-Johnson's Kraven the Hunter and Dakota Johnson's Madame Web will be the next movies to arrive after Morbius, with the former eying production later this year. While those projects already have directors attached, there is still an endless range of Spider-Man villains that Fleischer could potentially direct in a solo movie.

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The bigger question about Venom 3, however, is what its story will be after Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Ever since Spider-Man: No Way Home, there have been some hopes that Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man will be part of the third installment. With Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man franchise having a similar tone to Sony's Spider-Man Universe, it wouldn't be a big stretch if the spinoff films have been set in the same world this entire time. Since Hardy's Venom didn't get to meet Tom Holland's Peter Parker, going up against Garfield's iteration would honor the post-credit scene from Venom: Let There Be Carnage where the symbiote hinted at having hatred toward the web-crawler. No matter who directs the next Venom film, it will be intriguing to see how they wrap up the first trilogy in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.


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