In 2024, Venom: The Last Dance hit theaters, marking Tom Hardy’s fourth appearance as Eddie Brock and his symbiote partner (let’s not forget his cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home). Although the movie left a few lingering plot threads, such as the reemergence of Andy Serkis’ Knull, it was otherwise advertised as the conclusion of the Venom trilogy. So there are currently no plans to revisit these threads in Venom 4 or elsewhere in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. However, the film studio isn’t done with Venom by a long shot, as an intriguing new movie focused on the character has been announced.
As shared by THR, Sony is developing an animated Venom movie that Final Destination: Bloodlines duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are attached to direct and produce. There’s no writer on the project yet, though it’s mentioned that Sony Pictures Animation has opened up a writers room to put together a script or takes. Tom Hardy is also reportedly “involved in some capacity,” though it’s unclear if that’s as a producer or if he’ll reprise voicing Venom.
Although Venom has made plenty of animated appearances in TV shows like Spider-Man: The Animated Series, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man, I’m surprised to learn that Sony is willing to give him his own theatrical animated movie. Or maybe I shouldn’t be surprised given that, despite their mixed-to-negative reception, the live-action Venom movies were box office successes. I imagine the Spider-Verse movies collecting critical acclaim played into this decision too.
Of course, now there are some questions on my mind. Will this Venom movie be connected to the Spider-Verse trilogy or be something separate? Will Spider-Man even appear in this animated Venom movie given how he was absent from the live-action ones? Because Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are helming the project, does this mean we should expect a darker movie that will be PG-13 or perhaps even R-rated, or will they deliver something more family-friendly?
Whatever the answers to these questions are, I do think this is a good way for Sony to shake things up with Venom. Sony’s Spider-Man Universe failed to impress critically or commercially with Morbius, Madame Web and Kraven the Hunter, and like I already said, the Venom movies weren’t met with overwhelming praise either. The Spider-Verse movies, on the other hand, have done a great job of adapting the Spider-Man mythology outside of the MCU, so perhaps Venom can similarly benefit from this creative approach.
We’ll keep you apprised on how this animated Venom movie is coming along as more details trickle in. Meanwhile the upcoming Spider-Man movies Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse will arrive in theaters on July 31, 2026 and June 18, 2027, respectively. There’s also the live-action, Nicolas Cage-led series Spider-Noir that’s premiering to Prime Video subscription-holders at the end of May.
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