Sony's Marvel movies are confusing... just about everyone, at this current moment in time. One week Tom Hardy's Venom movie is connected to the MCU (potentially with a cameo from Tom Holland), the next it isn't. The two other projects currently being lined up by the studio that haven't been all that talked about are Silver and Black (potentially now cancelled), and Silk - a Spidey spin-off centred around Cindy Moon.
It's already been confirmed that the studio will be bringing both Venom and the stunning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse to their Hall H panel, but the status of those two aforementioned features is still up in the air. According to Deadline, Tom Holland may even make a surprise appearance on the Venom panel, adding further fuel to the speculative fire that the film will boast a serious connection to the MCU - regardless of its 'R' rating.
These are all still just rumours at this stage, but it's fair to say that an appearance from Holland would serve Sony well. Providing further looks at Venom, Spider-Verse and an update on Silver & Black and Silk would go a long way in convincing fans that the studio deserves a seat at the comic book movie table, so keep an eye on them during the con's duration.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
