10 Scenes We Definitely Won't See In Tom Hardy's Venom
Even an R rating wouldn't cover this kind of crazy.
Sony has a tough job on its hands bringing Venom back to cinema in a solo movie, a decade on from his derided big-screen debut in Spider-Man 3. Not only does the Spidey spinoff have bad memories of a CGI-covered Topher Grace to dispel, its source material will be challenging to adapt.
The symbiotic anti-hero's comic outings range from too dark for cinema, to too oddball for mainstream consumption, so director Ruben Fleischer and his creative team will have tough decisions to make regarding what to include and what to jettison.
Reports suggest Fleischer is aiming for a hard R rating, which sounds about right when the Lethal Protector's greatest hits are scrutinised, but there are moments from his past even this certificate wouldn't cover.
Venom stories vary in tone and content depending on which creative team is at the helm, and while the project has a vast library of material to draw from, some scenes from the character's comic outings have no chance of making it into the Hardy movie.
From the darkly graphic to the downright bizarre, these are the Venon exploits you'll never see on the big screen.
10. The Symbiote Bonds With A T-Rex
There are a dozen reasons why the scene where a Venom symbiote-bonded T-Rex gives chase to a vehicle carrying Wolverine and Hawkeye was left out of Logan.
Aside from Fox lacking the rights to Marvel Comics' archery master and Venon, the sequence itself is f**king mental and would have clashed with Logan's grounded tone.
This weird Jurassic Park-Spider-Man mashup plays out on the pages of Old Man Logan, the comic series Wolverine's final movie was inspired by. James Mangold had the sense to omit it, and expect the Venom film to do the same.
There's a chance fans will get to see the Venom symbiote bonding with more than just Eddie Brock, but none of its hosts are likely to be a dinosaur.