9 Big Questions After Comic-Con 2018

With San Diego Comic-Con now officially over, the world is left with about a dozen new trailers and announcements about some of the biggest franchises in the world and a whole lot of questions about what they mean.

Every year, Comic-Con sees the biggest debuts of some of the biggest and best entertainment news in the world and this year was no exception. With the exclusion of Hall H staples such as Marvel Studios films and Lucasfilm's upcoming Star Wars films, the convention had more room for other franchises to steal the limelight and boy, did they.

From Legendary's MonsterVerse to DC's new slate of films, all of the major studios attempted to put on the best shows they possibly could. And while some of them were as absolutely stunning as fans could have dreamt of, others left more than a bit to be desired. When your big selling point for your new Harry Potter spin-off is bringing Johnny Depp out onstage to deliver a half-slurred monologue, it might just be better to not.

From the good, to the bad, to the just downright confusing, these are the biggest questions we have after San Diego Comic-Con 2018.

What is sure to be remembered as one of the great 'will they/won't they?' debates of our modern age, the question of whether or not Sony's Venom film is actually connected to the MCU arose once again at Comic-Con this year.

And once again, everyone involved with the film somehow seems even more confused than the viewers do. Director Ruben Fleischer teased that:

“We’re planning a huge world with this Venom story, to explore all of the beloved characters from the universe.”

While he was more directly referring to the inclusion of other symbiotes, such as the recently confirmed Riot and Woody Harrelson's hilariously-casual reveal that he's playing Carnage in a cameo right at the end of the film, this inevitably lead members of the audience to ask if he was referring to Tom Holland's Spider-Man appearing in the film.

To which Tom Hardy said:

"I'll have a go at him".

Keep in mind, this was said at least somewhat in jest and from Hardy and Fleischer's tone, it seems much more likely that a battle between Venom and Spidey would happen in later films if it happens at all.

Meanwhile, Marvel continues to distance themselves from this film by forcing Sony to slap the "In Association With..." banner above their title card in the advertising. From the looks of things, it sounds as if the people who made Venom aren't entirely sure whether it's connected or not.