8 Reasons Why Sony's Venom Movie Has Us Worried
Venom be just getting started but we're already worn out.
Sony's forthcoming Venom film is a bit of a conundrum, not least because nobody quite knows how closely it's going to work with the MCU.
While there is certainly a great deal of excitement and anticipation swirling around the upcoming comic book film, there is also a palpable sense of anxiety. It is a confusing project, that remains elusively hard to nail down.
Between the near-constant back and forth between Sony and Marvel across the press tour for Spider-Man: Homecoming and the recently blurred lines between the separate studio's assets, it has been hard for anyone to truly wrap their heads around this one.
But with the first official image released from the set and production winding down, the film looks to be set to ramp up its advertising campaign over the next few weeks. Considering that we are talking about a Sony comic book film, that means the next several months will be nothing but a barrage of excessive amounts of material from the film.
And even without having seen a second of film, this project provides us with plenty of cause for concern.
8. Sony's Track Record
While it makes plenty of sense that Sony would be the studio behind the upcoming Venom film, that does not mean at all that it is what is best for the film.
In fact, Sony is arguably much more responsible for the derailment(s) of the franchise than they are for the successes. Everyone and their mother loves Sam Raimi's first two films but many point to Spider-Man 3 as the nadir of its respective trilogy.
Who is to blame for this? Sony.
They took Raimi's pre-existing ideas and script for the third installment and forced story changes and new characters upon him, insisting that it would please audiences. Funnily enough, those changes all centered around one character: Venom.
Rather than giving Raimi a chance to move ahead with his planned fourth installment, the studio pulled the rug out from under him and decided to reboot the entire franchise a mere five years later. What followed was the 'Amazing' Spider-Man franchise, which is notable for its head-scratching execution in nearly every way on the part of the studio. They wound up rushing to try and build a Spidey Universe so that they could cram in spin-off films.
Now, only after Marvel stepped in to show them how to not ruin Spider-Man, Sony's plan is somehow back on track with this Venom film.