Fans’ jaws collectively dropped upon seeing the post-credits scenes in 2021’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” In both sequences, Tom Hardy’s Venom is seen interacting with the world of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, first watching the webhead on a news report and later disappearing from Peter Parker’s universe once Dr. Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) spell is reversed, leaving behind a piece of the Venom symbiote.
While we have yet to see if either “Venom 3” or a fourth MCU Spider-Man entry will follow up on these significant multiversal moments, it appears that Marvel is more interested in keeping the symbiote in the mix instead of its infamous harborer. Nevertheless, Tom Hardy remains optimistic that the two iconic comic rivals will cross paths, saying in an Esquire interview, “Should both sides be willing, and it be beneficial to both sides, I don’t see why it couldn’t be. I hope and strongly, with both hands, push, eagerly, towards that potential, and would do anything to make that happen, within what’s right in business. But it would be foolish not to head towards the Olympic Games if you were running 100 meters, so yeah! I want to play on that field.”
