Check Out The Original Animatronic Venom From Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN 3
When Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 was in the early stages of development, there was work being done on creating an animatronic version of Venom in the film. Some photos and a video have surfaced online showing us what an alternate version of the villain would have looked like and it’s actually pretty cool!
There’s a video that was shared on Twitter by user @WilliamD1123 that originated from YouTuber El Fett. It shows Venom’s hand movements, jaw articulation, and tongue movement in action. There are also photos showing us what the completed Venom looked like.
For the most part I liked the Venom design that ended up in the film, but it would have been really interesting to see what the polished film ready version of this animatronic Venom would have looked like in the movie.
In the end, Spider-Man 3 disappointed a lot of fans. I watched it again a couple months ago and I actually really loved the story it told with Sandman. That Sandman story was solid, but producer Avi Arad pretty much forced Venom into the film and Raimi and his team worked the character into the story. Arad previously said:
“I think we learned that Venom is not a sideshow. In all fairness, I’ll take the guilt because of what Sam Raimi used to say in all of these interviews feeling guilty that I forced him into it. And you know what I learned? Don't force anybody into anything. Therefore, [Sam] wasn’t interested in the inside to make how is Venom like us? How do we deal with the Venom, and Marvel is all metaphors.”
Director Sam Raimi shared his side of the story, saying:
“I had worked on the story with my brother Ivan, and primarily it was a story that featured the Sandman. It was really about Peter, Mary Jane, Harry, and that new character. But when we were done, Avi Arad, my partner and the former president of Marvel at the time, said to me, Sam, you’re so, you’re not paying attention to the fans enough. You need to think about them. You’ve made two movies now with your favorite villains, and now you’re about to make another one with your favorite villains. The fans love Venom, he is the fan-favorite.”
They should’ve just let Raimi make his Spider-Man and Sandman movie. There was a beautiful story to tell there and it wouldn’t have involved emo Peter Parker.
