VENOM Originally Had a Very Different Opening Sequence and Here's What It Entailed

The opening sequence of Venom was a pretty standard shot of a spacecraft falling from space and crashing on Earth. But, director Ruben Fleischer originally had different plans for an opening that would have actually been a lot more interesting.

In a recent interview with Cinema Blend, the director opened up about what that original version of the opening would have entailed:

"There was a version [of the opening] where there was a planet crawling with tons of symbiotes that were collected and taken back to Earth by the Life Foundation. They had encountered them. But it kind of felt like, my instinct was it would be better to keep it more mysterious and just know that they've retrieved something from space. We don't know exactly by what means or how."

In case you don’t know, the planet of the symbiotes is called Klyntar and it was created to imprison their leader, Knull. I think that would have been a better opening than the one we got. But, in the end, they played it safe and gave us something standard.

Venom producer Matt Tolmach added that they did create concept art for the planet and this scene: 

"We toyed with some art work that we loved. We toyed with it. But we wanted the movie – it's out there. It's part of our mythology. It's part of our backstory, Klyntar and where this all came from and who knows what's next. But, it made sense to, in this movie, to let the origin of those things kind of unravel in the storytelling as opposed to going [to that planet]." 

Would you have liked to see the planet symbiotes? It may not have made the film any better as a whole, but it would have been interesting to see.