Tom Hardy and His Symbiote Really Need to Work on Their Timing in ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Trailer

Eddie Brock and his…better(?) half “may not make it out of [this one] alive.” That’s probably why the third and final film in the “Venom” series is subtitled “The Last Dance.”

On Monday, Sony Pictures released the trailer for the Marvel movie that officially makes “Venom” a trilogy. You would think by now the Tom Hardy character and his frenemy alien symbiote would have their timing down a bit better, but an early (and comedic) scene in the official trailer proves they’ve still got some work to do. The levity soon gives way to Brock/Venom biting four guys’ heads off — classic Venom.

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In “Venom: The Last Dance,” the guys are on the lam — and it’s not just their Earth enemies who are closing in. The film’s tagline is “‘Til Death Do They Part,” which does not particularly promise a happy ending.

In addition to Hardy, “Venom 3” stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach, and Stephen Graham. The film is directed by Kelly Marcel from a screenplay she wrote, and is based on a story by her and Hardy. “Venom: The Last Dance” is produced by the two of them, as well as Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, and Hutch Parker. Joe Caracciolo Jr. is executive producer.

“Venom: The Last Dance” comes to movie theaters (including IMAX and other PLFs) in October. It is not yet rated, though the first two films were both PG-13.

Watch the trailer here:

The first Venom film, in 2018, made more than $850 million at the global box office. The second one, 2021’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” made just north of $500 million. The (first) sequel was the better-reviewed of the two films, but 2021 was a weird time for movie theaters still attempting to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not quite clear if we’re out of those woods even today.

Venom is a baddie in the Spider-Man comics, but he’s a bit more complicated in the “Venom” movies. Want more complication? Venom was in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” universe, but he was inhabited by Topher Grace opposite of Tobey Maguire’s web-slinger. And then the “Venom 2” post-credits scene ruled Hardy’s Venom out from Tom Holland’s Spider-Man universe. By process of elimination, if there was going to be a Spider-Man in “Venom 3” (he’s sure not in the trailer), sans inter-dimensional travel, it would have to be either Andrew Garfield’s version or a whole new Spidey.

We warned you it would be confusing.

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