Venom Trailer 2 Breakdown: 11 Things You Need To See

11. The Different Symbiotes

Venom Riot Symbiotes
Sony

We've known that Venom's main inspiration is Lethal Protector for a good year now, and though the presence of the Life Foundation, Ann Weying and the San Francisco setting had confirmed all of this already, the notorious symbiotes from that series have just appeared in this new trailer too.

Riz Ahmed is already confirmed to be playing Riot, one of five symbiotes cloned from Venom in the comics, which leaves four other symbiotes unaccounted for. The remaining quartet were called Phage, Agony, Lasher and Scream, and the trailer may have showed them off too.

Interesting to note for now, however, is one of its earlier shots. As Ahmed's drake opens up what looks to be a delivery van, the camera pans down and shows off two symbiotes. The one above looks to latch onto the long-haired man seen just a little later, which could actually be Lasher, but the one below is slightly more obvious, with the yellow pallet hinting at either one of Scream or Phage - symbiotes that had a lot of yellow on the surface.

There must be more out of shot though, and with rumours that Woody Harrelson could be playing Carnage, is there a chance that one vile is red and black too?

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