Venom: Let the carnage tease the common future between Venom and the MCU's Spider-Man. But is this Venom's first foray into the Spider-Man world?

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Since the first Venom movie was released in 2018, fan speculation about the appearance of Spider-Man in the series led by Tom Hardy has been common. Now, Venom: Let the Holocaust satisfy the fans' hopes and promise that the crossover is coming soon. Although Spider-Man does not appear in the movie, a seductive ending scene seems to show that Venom accidentally travels across the multiverse to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, teasing his potential role in "Spider-Man: No Way To Go" in December this year. However, some moments in the scene indicate that Hardy's Venom may not be as familiar with the wall climber as fans expected.

The ending scenes of the Venom sequel will undoubtedly be crossed with Tom Holland's Spider-Man. Another daily horn news broadcast hosted by J. Jonah Jameson of JK Simmons, like the ending subtitles of "Spider-Man: Far From Home", was broadcast on the TV that Eddie and Venom were watching. The broadcast then switched to an unmasked Spiderman (Peter Parker’s identity is now public, thanks to the mystery guest). The universe did collide, but the venom seemed to indicate that this was not the first time.

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The ending subtitle scene begins where the movie stopped, and Eddie Bullock and his symbiotic partner, Venom, are now fleeing the law. Venom hides in an unidentified tropical area. While watching TV in their hotel room, he tells Eddie about the symbiotic hive thinking. He claimed that the symbiote had accumulated "hive knowledge spanning 80 billion light-years of the universe", and he was willing to let his human host glimpse the experience recorded in the hive mind. For a moment, Venom seemed to be doing it, because the room was shaking, and a strange light flickered around them-but the symbiote insisted that this was not his doing.

Suddenly, they came to another hotel with clean towels on the bed, and J. Jonah Jameson yelled at Peter Parker in front of the TV. Venom appeared, squinting at the Spider-Man on the screen. When Eddie asked him what was wrong, Venom only answered "that guy", leaning on the screen and licking Peter's face. Although these versions of the characters have never met before, it seems that something has attracted the venom to Spider-Man. The explanation for why Venom reacted this way to Peter's sight may lie in his earlier conversation with Eddie.

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The events of the post-credit scene seem likely to be the consequence of Doctor Strange's reality-distorting spell, teased in the trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Strange's behavior seems to be the cause of Alfred Molina's Doc Ock (the last time it appeared in Spider-Man 2) to appear in the MCU, so it is likely to bring the venom into the mix. If the symbiote has a hive mind beyond the universe, then other symbiotes may encounter other versions of Spider-Man—then Venom can acquire knowledge. It is even possible that through the hive thinking of multiple symbiosis, Venom is related to other versions of Spider-Man encountered in their universe. Given Venom's comic origins, first as Spider-Man's black costume before combining with Eddie Bullock, it makes sense that the symbiote will be attracted when seeing Spider-Man.

In view of the fact that the venom of the Sony movie series is more like an anti-hero than a villain so far, using the character as a "dead protector" in the comics, it is not clear what kind of relationship the character will have with Spider-Man. Although some fans speculate that Venom may be an ally rather than an enemy, if these two characters do adopt their traditional hostility, the symbiont hive thinking can explain this-if Spider-Man is regarded as an enemy by other symbionts in the multiverse. Among their kind, Venom can be driven by sheer instinct to attack wall climbers or prove itself to his people.

Seeing Venom enter the spider poem in "Venom: Let the Massacre" is now in theaters.

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Andrew Gladman (Andrew Gladman) is a British writer and film producer. He has previously written for Heroic Hollywood, has written a series of short stories, and has a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. He is the co-founder of Final Frame Cinema Ltd, and his first short film The Mechanical is scheduled to be released in 2021. When he doesn't write stories, he usually devours them, whether in the movie theater or his beloved local comic book store, or just in front of the TV at home!