Venom Trailer 2 Breakdown: 11 Things You Need To See

10. "They're A Higher Life Form"

Though Sony have stopped short of confirming the origin of the symbiotes in their movie universe, this most recent trailer offered as clear a hint as any that they are sticking with the alien origin from the comics.

That particular origin has just received an update in the comics, but fans will still be encouraged by Drake's narration in the trailer, which refers to the beings as a "higher life form". Now he could just be singing his own praises as a scientist, but the more likely scenario is that the Life Foundation retrieved the symbiotes in an extra-terrestrial encounter - potentially in a space mission gone wrong.

It certainly assuages fears that the film could lean more into the science experiment route, and with an alien lore established - and in light of Venom's more recent comics too - these could be the first seeds of the franchise Sony are so eager to build.