Sony Reportedly Developing an Animated VENOM Movie After Putting AGENT VENOM Plans on Ice
Sony is reportedly swinging in a new direction with its Venom franchise, but this time, it’s animated. According to insider @MyTimeToShineH, the studio is quietly developing a new Venom movie that will ditch live-action in favor of animation, marking a major tonal and stylistic shift for the symbiote.
After Venom: The Last Dance wrapped up Tom Hardy’s trilogy, and seemingly Hardy’s final time as Eddie Brock, Sony was exploring a pivot. Rumor had it they planned to pass the alien torch to Flash Thompson.
In The Last Dance, Thompson is a soldier who loses his legs thanks to a Xenophage, setting the stage for a possible Agent Venom story, one that would’ve seen a piece of the symbiote bond with him before reuniting with Eddie to face Knull, the god of the symbiotes. But with both Madame Web and Kraven the Hunter crashing hard, those plans were shelved.
Well, Agent Venom is the film they should’ve made in the first place! Now the studio seems focused on more reliable territory with animation.
Between wrapping up Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse and preparing to shoot Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Sony is reportedly banking on the medium that brought them their biggest critical and commercial Spider-success.
An animated Venom opens up wild creative possibilities, from going full Venomverse to introducing Knull as a multiversal threat.
Given the recent track record of Sony’s Spider-Verse projects, diving into the weird and wild world of animation for Venom might be exactly what this symbiote saga needs.